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To taint or contaminate
“Are you ever tempted to cheat, to damage the landscape further, to poison it, infect it, before you take a photograph?”
To affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism
“All it would take would be for that bird influenza virus and an influenza virus from humans to infect an animal or human at the same time.”
To affect with an opinion or feeling as if by contagion
“Clearly, unadulterated bias contaminates many stories and can even infect the entire Washington press corps from time to time.”
To affect adversely, especially with an illness or disease
To cause to wither or shrivel due to disease or illness, typically of plants
To penetrate or permeate by saturation
To enter a place or situation in large numbers and intrusively
To motivate or animate, especially towards the accomplishment of a goal
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