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Infestation   /ɪnfˈɛstˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Infestation

noun
1.
The state of being invaded or overrun by parasites.
2.
A swarm of insects that attack plants.  Synonym: plague.






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"Infestation" Quotes from Famous Books



... is absolutely necessary for infestation by most of the wood-boring grubs, since the eggs and young stages must occupy the outer and inner portions before they can enter the wood. Some ambrosia and timber worms will, however, attack barked logs, ...
— Seasoning of Wood • Joseph B. Wagner

... incontrovertible evidence of possessing supernatural powers of a clairvoyant nature. In her time she too had been deemed insane, but Mr. Roff was confident that she had really been of entirely sound mind, and equally confident that the present victim of "spirit infestation," to use the singular term employed by a later spiritistic eulogist of Lurancy, was also of sound mind. He therefore begged Mr. Vennum not to immure his daughter in an asylum; and Mrs. Roff adding her entreaties, it was finally resolved as a last resort to ...
— Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters • H. Addington Bruce



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