| NOUN | state | 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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| state | plague, pestilence, pest | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
| group | plague, infestation | a swarm of insects that attack plants | |
| event | plague | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | |
| cognition | plague | an annoyance | |
| VERB | weather | plague, blight | cause to suffer a blight |
| emotion | 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 | |
| Narrower | bubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plague | The most common form of the plague in humans |
| pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia | A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person | |
| septicemic plague | An especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream | |
| Broader | epidemic disease | Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people |
| Spanish | peste, pestilencia, pestis, plaga | |
| Catalan | pesta, pestis, plaga | |
| Verbs | plague | cause to suffer a blight |
| Meaning | Any epidemic disease with a high death rate. | |
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| Synonyms | pestilence, pest | |
| Broader | epidemic disease | Any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people |
| Spanish | plaga | |
| Adjectives | plaguey | likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |
| Verbs | plague | cause to suffer a blight |
| Meaning | A swarm of insects that attack plants. | |
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| Example | "a plague of grasshoppers" | |
| Synonym | infestation | |
| Broader | swarm, cloud | A group of many things in the air or on the ground |
| Verbs | plague | cause to suffer a blight |
| Meaning | Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God). | |
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| Broader | calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm | An event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| Meaning | An annoyance. | |
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| Example | "those children are a damn plague" | |
| Broader | annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass | Something or someone that causes trouble |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | plaga | |
| Adjectives | plaguy, plaguey | causing irritation or annoyance |
| Verbs | plague | annoy continually or chronically |
| Meaning | Cause to suffer a blight. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | blight | |
| Broader | afflict, smite | Cause physical pain or suffering in |
| Spanish | infestar | |
| Nouns | plague | a swarm of insects that attack plants |
| plague | 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 | |
| plague | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
| 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 | |
| Narrower | haze | harass by imposing / imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions |
| needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism | |
| torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly | |
| Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
| Spanish | acosar sexualmente, acosar, aperrear, asediar, atosigar, causar, fastidiar, hostigar, molestar repetidamente, molestar, perseguir, plagar, provocar | |
| Catalan | atabuixar, causar, empaitar, fatigar, molestar | |
| Nouns | plague | an annoyance |
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