infested

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It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

If trees are lightly or not-yet infested, they can be sprayed or injected with insecticides.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

Old manuscripts are usually infested with woodworms, silverfish or “other microscopic creatures with a love of paper.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

That fascination has infested me today like the wood-eating bugs that slowly lay waste to our house.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman