Usually means: Pervasive invasion by unwanted organisms.
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  1. infestation: Merriam-Webster
  2. infestation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infestation: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. infestation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. infestation: Wiktionary
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  10. Infestation (Under the Dome), Infestation (album), Infestation (comics), Infestation (film), Infestation (video game), Infestation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. infestation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ noun:  The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

Similar:
vermiculation, entomopathogen, entomophytophagy, hyperparasite, entomophyte, invasive, influent, epizoon, entomoparasite, macroparasite, more...

Opposite:
clearance, eradication, extermination

Types:
cockroaches, termites, bedbugs, lice, fleas, mice, rats, more...

Phrases:
tick infestation, phthirus infestation, Head lice infestation, Aliens Infestation, more...

Adjectives:
heavy, parasitic, severe, pest, rodent, serious, intestinal, massive, initial, human, fungal

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Similar:
vermiculation, entomopathogen, entomophytophagy, hyperparasite, entomophyte, invasive, influent, epizoon, entomoparasite, macroparasite, more...

Opposite:
clearance, eradication, extermination

Types:
cockroaches, termites, bedbugs, lice, fleas, mice, rats, more...

Phrases:
tick infestation, phthirus infestation, Head lice infestation, Aliens Infestation, more...

Adjectives:
heavy, parasitic, severe, pest, rodent, serious, intestinal, massive, initial, human, fungal

Colors:
    brown,     black,     gray,     dark green,     olive, more...



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