mutate
verb/ˈmjuteɪt/
Frequency rank: #18,240 most common English word
Meaning
to change or cause to change in form, nature, or structure, often at the genetic level.
Example sentence
Scientists observed how the virus began to mutate into a more dangerous form.
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