Definition of plague
Nouns
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
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bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica
the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
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ambulant plague, ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans
a mild form of bubonic plague
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Black Death, Black Plague
the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
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plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague
a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
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septicemic plague
an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
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epidemic disease
any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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epidemic disease
any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
an annoyance
"those children are a damn plague"
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annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Verbs
cause to suffer a blight
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- blight
annoy continually or chronically
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goad, needle
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism
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bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment
treat cruelly
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madden
drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
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hamstring
make ineffective or powerless
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badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease
annoy persistently
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oppress, persecute
cause to suffer
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haze
harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions
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