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infected

adjective as in corrupt

adjective as in diseased

adjective as in inflamed

adjective as in poisoned

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Weak match

adjective as in tainted

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Assuming 20 percent are already infected, about 40 percent would need to be vaccinated.

That uncertainty is difficult to model precisely, so many modelers assume that, for the time being at least, those who have been infected are immune.

We very quickly understood, for instance, that those face shields need a top cover since the particles are dropping down and infecting the other person.

Those antibodies may later prevent the real virus from infecting us.

Those with lower viral loads may still be able to infect others, and the data is murkier for asymptomatic people, she added.

Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.

Egypt has a comparatively low number of HIV cases compared to the rest of Africa, with just 11,000 infected people nationwide.

By May 27, five people had succumbed to the virus and 16 more were infected.

Each day, more than 2,400 young people become infected with HIV.

For his part, Logan now believes that more than 95 percent of cone bearing trees are infected.

A man was whipped through London for going to court when his house was infected by plague.

It was communicated, as in the preceding instance, by an infected cow purchased at a fair in the neighbourhood.

The milkers, consisting of the farmer's wife, a man and a maid servant, were infected by the cows.

My delight in the journey, and the interest I felt in everything I saw abroad, infected my brother.

Infected by his excitement, the girls crowded around, demanding an explanation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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