22 entries under catching topic. ×

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contagious(adjective, move, unhealthy, widespread, fatal)
12
communicable(adjective, move, able, taking, deadly)
12
infective(adjective, taking, poisonous, spreading)
11
toxic(adjective, unclean, spreading)
7
epidemic(noun, adjective, widespread, wide-ranging)
7
taking(verb, adjective, move, deadly)
6
noxious(adjective, spreading)
6
pestilent(adjective, dangerous, spreading, transferable)
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pestilential(adjective, spreading)
5
transmittable(adjective, taking, deadly, poisonous)
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virulent(adjective, spreading)
4
corrupting(adjective, spreading)
4
miasmic(adjective, spreading, transferable, communicable)
3
diseased(adjective, spreading)
3
mephitic(adjective, spreading)
2
contaminating(adjective, spreading)
2
pandemic(adjective, taking, widespread, wide-ranging)
1
transferable(adjective, taking, spreading, communicable)
1
vitiating(adjective, spreading)
0
defiling(adjective, spreading)
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