superspread
English
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editsuperspread (third-person singular simple present superspreads, present participle superspreading, simple past and past participle superspread)
- To spread (an infection) to a large number of people.
- 2021, Peter Baldwin, Fighting the First Wave: Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, , →ISBN, page 159:
- Superspreading was a phenomenon about which little is still known, but it had implications for preventive tactics. Some events, locations, and activities, and possibly people, appear to have superspread the virus.