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contagious(adjective, move, unhealthy, widespread, fatal)
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communicable(adjective, move, able, taking, deadly)
12
infective(adjective, taking, catching, poisonous, spreading)
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toxic(adjective, unclean, catching, spreading)
11
catching(verb, adjective, move, deadly, widespread)
8
transmissible
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deadly
7
epidemic(noun, adjective, widespread, catching, wide-ranging)
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taking(verb, adjective, move, deadly, catching)
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noxious(adjective, catching, spreading)
6
pestilent(adjective, dangerous, catching, spreading, transferable)
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poisonous(adjective, baneful)
5
pestiferous(adjective, annoying)
5
pestilential(adjective, catching, spreading)
5
transmittable(adjective, taking, deadly, catching, poisonous)
5
zymotic(adjective, insalubrity)
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virulent(adjective, catching, spreading)
4
baneful(adjective, baneful)
4
corrupting(adjective, catching, spreading)
4
miasmic(adjective, catching, spreading, transferable, communicable)
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