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plague
Found in thesaurus: swarm, disaster, calamity, cataclysm, pain in the neck, bother, infliction, smite, nettle, irritate, rag, get to, chafe, get at
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plague
n.
epidemic, widespread disease, pestilence; bubonic plague; nuisance, annoyance, pest
v.
bother, harass; annoy, pester
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Plague
Plague or The Plague may refer to:
Agriculture, fauna, and medicine
- Plague (disease), a disease caused by Yersinia pestis
- An epidemic of infectious disease (medical or agricultural)
- A pandemic caused by such a disease
- A swarm of pest insects such as locusts
- A massive attack of other pests afflicting agriculture
- Overpopulation in wild animals afflicting the environment and/or agriculture
- Plague, collective noun for common grackles
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plague
Noun
1. 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)
(hypernym) epidemic disease
(hyponym) bubonic plague
(derivation) blight
2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
(synonym) pestilence
(hypernym) epidemic disease
(derivation) blight
3. a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
(synonym) infestation
(hypernym) swarm, cloud
(derivation) blight
4. any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
(hypernym) calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
5. an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
(hypernym) annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
(derivation) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke
(classification) colloquialism
Verb
1. cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
(synonym) blight
(hypernym) afflict, smite
(derivation) infestation
2. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
(synonym) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke
(hypernym) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(hyponym) needle, goad
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plagar
v.
plague, bother, harass; annoy, pester
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plague
n.
epidemie; morová rána; mor; záplava
v.
postihnout
