infested

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adj overrun

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empty

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Word Origin & History

late 15c., "to attack, assail, hurt, distress, annoy," from Middle French infester, from Latin infestare "to attack, disturb, trouble," from infestus "hostile, dangerous," originally "inexorable, not able to be handled," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + -festus "(able to be) seized." Sense of "swarm over in large numbers" first recorded c.1600. Related: Infested; infesting.

Example Sentences for infested

They were in fact two of the greatest banditti that ever infested the country.

Such were three of the pirate buccaneers who infested the Spanish Main.

Coming early in the spring, they are not likely to be infested with worms.

"The road is infested with banditti," growled out the padre.

The country here is infested by guerillas, whom all our efforts cannot eradicate.

If the skull's interior was infested by some other native fauna, he wanted to know it.

If your back garden is infested with rattlesnakes you should keep pigs.

However, this fish is not caught, because it is infested with worms and is unfit for food.

This place had formerly been noted for the thieves and thugs that infested it.

The country was overrun with hostile forces, or infested by disbanded soldiers.

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buggy

malodorous

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malodorous

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buggy