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plague::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pest, pestilence |
| Type of | epidemic disease |
| Derivation | plaguey |
plague::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pest, pestilence, pestis |
| Type of | epidemic disease |
| Has types | septicemic plague, pulmonic plague, pneumonic plague, plague pneumonia, pestis bubonica, glandular plague, bubonic plague |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bother, pain in the neck, pain, botheration, infliction, annoyance, pain in the ass |
| Derivation | plaguey, plaguy |
those children are a damn plague.
plague::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | catastrophe, calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy |
Examples of plague
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Now scientists wonder whether some new plague might do the same thing to humans.
From the kentucky.com
A sample of the daily rat haul is combed for fleas, which are tested for plague.
From the latimes.com
First, he turned his mathematician's brain to the subject of the bubonic plague.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Similar statistical errors plague other comparable studies, the researchers say.
From the sciencedaily.com
The plague of obesity is an EXPENSIVE one, and one that no societies can afford.
From the independent.co.uk
What is this plague which I fail to recognise, but obviously marks me like Cain?
From the guardian.co.uk
It has been hit hard by the same ills that plague lots of Detroit neighborhoods.
From the freep.com
If you're coughing, or recovering from a cold, avoid cold foods like the plague.
From the theatlantic.com
Civil unrest and political instability plague Sudan, Zimbabwe and other nations.
From the washingtonpost.com
- 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
- Blight: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
- Any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- Harass: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
- Infestation: a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
- Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- Plague is a 1978 Canadian science fiction film about a genetic engineering accident, a fertilizing bacterium that escapes from a laboratory in Canada. The films is also known internationally as Induced Syndrome (UK), M-3: The Gemini Strain or Mutation (USA).
- Plague was a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She was originally a member of the Morlocks before joining the Horsemen of Apocalypse.
- The following is a list of episodes from the USA Network original series The Dead Zone. The series debuted on June 16, 2002.
