to inoculate

Examples

• All

• I mean, I'm immune to a number of really, really terrible diseases because I was inoculated against them as a child.

  No Maps for These Territories (2000)

• Most countries stopped... inoculating against smallpox in 1979.

  Derailed (2002)

• Isn't that all the more reason to inoculate her child?

  The Constant Gardener (2005)

• You must be inoculated and return to your homes immediately and stay inside.

  The Patriot (1998)

• The whole village is inoculated.

  Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

• The doctors want someone to be inoculated with a new vaccine.

  Take the Money and Run (1969)

• It's sort of like making sure that children are inoculated against diseases they might encounter later in life.

  Academic text (2002)

• For instance, in 1966, 100,000 people were inoculated against smallpox in Cabo Delgado.

  Academic text (1992)

• The nurse will inoculate the children against measles during the clinic today.

• To ensure community health, the clinic aims to inoculate over a thousand residents this weekend.

Synonyms

V

to vaccinate

vsto inoculate

65 3.7

Give a shot to a person or animal to protect them from disease

introduce microbes or antigens for study as well as for immunity

I

to immunize

vsto inoculate

• Specialized

15 3.9

To give someone a vaccine so they do not get a disease

introduce material including live microbes to produce immunity or for research

V

to vaccine

vsto inoculate

3.1

To give someone medicine that makes their body build protection against a disease

introduce broader materials including microbes for study or to produce immunity

Phrasal Verbs

I

to inoculate against

3 6.8

Protect a person from harm, often by giving a vaccine or preparing them to resist bad ideas

How Much

to saturate

55 5.2

to inoculate

15 6.3

to seed

20 5.6

to add

∞ 1.0

to sprinkle

100 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology