smallpox

smallpox
noun
… OF SMALLPOX
attack

In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.

case

15 million cases of smallpox were reported worldwide.

outbreak
VERB + SMALLPOX
have
be infected with, catch, contract, get
die from, die of
eradicate

a worldwide campaign to eradicate smallpox by the use of mass vaccinations

be inoculated against, be vaccinated against

Everyone has been vaccinated against smallpox.

SMALLPOX + NOUN
virus
epidemic, outbreak
vaccine
inoculation, vaccination
PREPOSITION
against smallpox, for smallpox

mass vaccinations for smallpox

from smallpox

the death rate from smallpox

PHRASES
the eradication of smallpox

The eradication of smallpox ranks as one of the great triumphs of public health.

Smallpox is used before these nouns: ↑vaccination

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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