to infest

Examples

• All

• Most recently, from 1984 to 1987, grasshoppers infested 55 million acres in 17 western states.

  Academic text (1996)

• After a light rain, the old wooden shed became infested with pests, causing a strong odor.

• We're gonna stay in this "termite-infested turkey" for another ten years!

  Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

• If we made it out of that crocodile-infested swamp, we can do anything.

  Saltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island (2021)

• You think aliens have infested our school?

  The Faculty (1998)

• The first floor is completely infested with spiders.

  Camel Spiders (2011)

• In California alone, yellow starthistle infests over 10 million acres of rangeland.

  Academic text (2000)

• Stray dogs and feral cats are numerous on the island and are often infested with fleas.

  Academic text (2015)

• The streets and alleyways of Bruges are infested with beggars and footpads.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The garden was infested with caterpillars that quickly devoured the leaves of the plants.

Synonyms

I

to invade

vsto infest

• Specialized

77 3.7

To enter and spread through a place or body causing harm

is about being present in large numbers and causing annoyance rather than entry

O

to overrun

vsto infest

38 4.8

Fill a place in large numbers and damage things

is mainly about presence causing harm or annoyance rather than overwhelming occupation

P

to parasitize

vsto infest

• Specialized

1 8.1

To live in or on another living thing and feed from it

focuses on many organisms present in a place rather than living on a host

Antonyms

E

to eradicate

85 6.6

Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest

How Infested

to overrun

38 4.8

to infest

85 4.4

Surface Forms

Etymology