smallpox

Converse of object

• eradicate: Not until 6 years ago was smallpox eradicated from the world.
• catch: To Jenner's relief James did not catch smallpox.
• eliminate: And we did eliminate smallpox, which is a very evil affliction, almost entirely.
• prevent: If James lived Jenner would have found a way of preventing smallpox.
• contract: On a visit to England after the Restoration of her brother, Charles II, she had contracted smallpox and died there.
• develop: If James developed smallpox and died he would be a murderer.

Preposition: at

• age: Mary died, childless, of smallpox at the age of 32.
• time: The Tamils had suspected cholera and smallpox at the time.

Preposition: as

• child: Robert contracted smallpox as a child, surviving disfigured and scarred.

Adjective modifier

• deadly: He then infected him with the normally deadly smallpox.
• genetically-engineered: Now, it wants open the Pandora's Box of genetically-engineered smallpox.

Modifies a noun

• inoculation: Smallpox inoculation is now no longer required for any country.
• epidemic: In 1864 there was a smallpox epidemic in the district.
• vaccine: Worldwide stocks of smallpox vaccine will be measured at about 90 million - however, many of these were produced in the 1980s.
• eradication: The global smallpox eradication campaign ( 1960s ) 3.5.
• vaccination: I had a biopsy taken from the smallpox vaccination scar on my upper arm.
• outbreak: Their busiest year was 1902 during a major smallpox outbreak.

Noun used with modifier

• century: In the 18th century smallpox was a very common disease and was a major cause of death.

Preposition: in

• prison: Five of them, however, died of smallpox in prison awaiting trial.

Converse of subject

• blind: These achievements are especially remarkable for one who was blinded by smallpox at the age of one.