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infect

verb as in pollute, contaminate

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The result is faster transmission rate among the smaller populations, which go on to infect humans.

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The patient's own T cells, which hunt out infected or damaged cells, are genetically engineered and fed back into the patient via an infusion to "re-set" the immune system.

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A wiper attack that infects computer networks and destroys data with no hope of reversal is even more serious.

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Some ferrets that drank the raw milk became infected, but those that ate the raw milk cheese did not.

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After being removed from the NL Division Series roster with an abscess on his backside that became infected, former closer Tanner Scott said he feels healthy enough to pitch in the World Series.

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