to infect

Examples

• All

• - The virus has infected the facility's air dispersal system.

  Nuclear Hurricane (2007)

• They say that criminals can hijack the charges to infect devices with malware.

  The Late Late Show with James Corden

• Just how, exactly, do we infect the mother ship with this virus?

  Independence Day (1996)

• To guard against having your computer infected with malware, install protective software applications.

  Academic text (2006)

• There's a pre-loaded virus that will infect flight control systems, then commit suicide after ten generations.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Every computer on the lab's LAN was infected before Ferris and Frankel had left the Artificial Life Sciences Building.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Well, hackers penetrate and ravage delicate public and privately owned computer systems, infecting them with viruses...

  Fiction book (1995)

• The hacker was able to infect the company's network with a dangerous malware that stole sensitive data.

• To prevent your computer from being infected, always use reliable antivirus software.

• When you download files from untrusted sources, you risk infecting your device with harmful viruses.

Synonyms

I

to inject

vsto infect

• Specialized

30 7.6

Put harmful code or commands into a system to make it do bad things

is broader contamination that harms devices rather than just inserting code

I

to infest

vsto infect

• Texting

5 5.1

To be full of harmful programs that spread through computers and cause damage

refers to initial contamination or harm rather than a mass takeover

Antonyms

P

to protect

∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

C

to clean

∞ 1.0

To remove dirt and stains

How Infected

to destroy

∞ 1.0

to disable

87 3.5

to infect

• Specialized

66 3.7

to corrupt

• Specialized

39 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology