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| NOUN | 1 | plague, pestilence, pest, pestis | 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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| 2 | plague, pestilence, pest | Any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
| 3 | plague, infestation | A swarm of insects that attack plants | |
| 4 | plague | Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | |
| 5 | plague | An annoyance | |
| VERB | 1 | plague, blight | Cause to suffer a blight |
| 2 | plague, harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke | Annoy continually or chronically |
| Sounds | pley'g |
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| Rhymes | vague |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | pestilence, pest, pestis |
| Broader | epidemic disease |
| Narrower | bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague; pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia; septicemic plague |
| Verbs | plague |
| Meaning | Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. |
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| Synonyms | pestilence, pest |
| Broader | epidemic disease |
| Adjectives | plaguey; plaguey |
| Verbs | plague |
| Meaning | A swarm of insects that attack plants. |
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| Examples | "a plague of grasshoppers" |
| Synonyms | infestation |
| Broader | swarm, cloud |
| Verbs | plague |
| Meaning | Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God). |
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| Broader | calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm |
| Meaning | An annoyance. |
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| Examples | "those children are a damn plague" |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Broader | annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass |
| Adjectives | plaguy, plaguey; plaguy, plaguey |
| Verbs | plague |
| Meaning | Cause to suffer a blight. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | blight |
| Broader | afflict, smite |
| Nouns | plague; plague; plague |
| Meaning | Annoy continually or chronically. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot plague Sue |
| Synonyms | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke |
| Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil |
| Narrower | needle, goad; torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate; haze |
| Nouns | plague |
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