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Quick definitions from WordNet (plague)
▸ noun: an annoyance ("Those children are a damn plague")
▸ noun: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
▸ noun: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
▸ noun: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
▸ noun: a swarm of insects that attack plants ("A plague of grasshoppers")
▸ verb: cause to suffer a blight
▸ verb: annoy continually or chronically
▸ Also see plaguing
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▸ noun: an annoyance ("Those children are a damn plague")
▸ noun: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
▸ noun: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
▸ noun: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
▸ noun: a swarm of insects that attack plants ("A plague of grasshoppers")
▸ verb: cause to suffer a blight
▸ verb: annoy continually or chronically
▸ Also see plaguing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to plague
▸ Usage examples for plague
▸ Idioms related to plague (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing plague
▸ Words that often appear near plague
▸ Rhymes of plague
▸ Invented words related to plague