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  • 21infest — verb without follow up treatment, a new horde of ants will infest the building Syn: overrun, spread through, invade, infiltrate, pervade, permeate, inundate, overwhelm; beset, plague, swarm …

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  • 22infest — /ɪnˈfɛst / (say in fest) verb (t) 1. to haunt or overrun in a troublesome manner, as predatory bands, destructive animals, vermin, etc., do. 2. to be numerous in, as anything troublesome: the cares that infest the day. {late Middle English, from… …

  • 23Infest (festival) — Infest is an annual three day music festival held at the University of Bradford Union in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and power noise. The event takes… …

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  • 24Infest (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Infest (band) Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Ventura, CA, USA Genre = Hardcore punk Powerviolencecite web| last =Bartkewicz | first = Anthony | title =Screwdriver in the …

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  • 25Infest (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Infest Type = Album Artist = Papa Roach Released = April 25, 2000 Recorded = October 1999 – January 2000 at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, California Genre = Nu metal, Rapcore Length = 45:58 Label = DreamWorks Producer =… …

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  • 26infest — transitive verb Etymology: French infester, from Latin infestare, from infestus hostile Date: 1602 1. to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner < a slum infested with crime > < shark infested waters > 2. to live in or on as a parasite …

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  • 27infest — verb to be mischievous; to be hurtful; to be harassing …

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  • 28infest — To occupy a site and dwell ectoparasitically on external surface tissue, as opposed to internally (infect). [L. infesto, pp. atus, to attack] * * * in·fest in fest vt to live in or on as a parasite &LT;the flea that infests cats&GT; &LT;horses&#8230; …

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  • 29infest — Synonyms and related words: beset, crawl with, creep with, flood, infiltrate, inundate, invade, overrun, overspread, overswarm, penetrate, permeate, pervade, plague, ravage, swarm, swarm over, swarm with …

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  • 30infest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. overrun, invade, pervade; molest, torment. See presence, disease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overrun, swarm, crowd, press, harass, beset, plague, parasitize, jam, pack, teem, abound, pervade,&#8230; …

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