Plague

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
  • noun. A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.
  • noun. An influx or large number of destructive or unwanted things, especially animals.
  • noun. Something that causes persistent hardship, trouble, or annoyance.
  • transitive verb. To pester or annoy persistently or incessantly. synonym: harass.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To cause suffering or hardship for.
  • transitive verb. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To vex; harass; trouble; annoy; tease.
  • To infest with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
  • Synonyms Torment, Worry, etc. (see tease), gall, bore.
  • To afflict.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A blow or calamity; severe trouble or vexation; also, one who or that which troubles or vexes, or ravages or destroys.
  • noun. Any epidemic disease of high mortality.
  • noun. As an expletive with the article the, used like the devil, the deuce, etc. Compare devil, 7.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
  • noun. An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence.
  • noun. See Rinderpest.
  • noun. a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable.
  • noun. undefined
  • transitive verb. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
  • transitive verb. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
  • noun. An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
  • noun. A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
  • noun. A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
  • verb. To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
  • verb. To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to suffer a blight
  • noun. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
  • noun. an annoyance
  • noun. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  • noun. a swarm of insects that attack plants
  • verb. annoy continually or chronically
  • 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
  • Word Usage
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