Type and usage of plague from BoostVocab

plague

/pleɪɡ/

noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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pest pestilence

type of:
epidemic disease
verb
cause to suffer a blight
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blight

type of:
smite afflict
noun
a swarm of insects that attack plants
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"a plague of grasshoppers"

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infestation

type of:
swarm cloud
verb
annoy continually or chronically
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beset chevvy chevy chivvy chivy harass harry hassle molest provoke

type of:
devil get at get to vex rile rag nettle nark irritate gravel annoy bother chafe
noun
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
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pest pestilence pestis

type of:
epidemic disease
noun
an annoyance
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"those children are a damn plague"

type of:
bother pain in the neck pain botheration infliction annoyance pain in the ass
noun
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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catastrophe calamity cataclysm disaster tragedy

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