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plague

(pl/eI/g )

a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal(noun.state)

Synonym:
pest, pestilence, pestis

source: wordnet30
any epidemic disease with a high death rate(noun.state)

Synonym:
pest, pestilence

source: wordnet30
a swarm of insects that attack plants(noun.group)

Example:
A plague of grasshoppers.

Synonym:
infestation

source: wordnet30
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)(noun.event)

source: wordnet30
an annoyance(noun.cognition)

Example:
Those children are a damn plague.

source: wordnet30
That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.(noun)

source: webster1913

cause to suffer a blight(verb.weather)

Synonym:
blight

source: wordnet30
annoy continually or chronically(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke

source: wordnet30
To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.(verb)

source: webster1913

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