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UK
/plˈeɪɡ/
]
[ US /ˈpɫeɪɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫeɪɡ/ ]
NOUN
- 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
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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a swarm of insects that attack plants
a plague of grasshoppers -
an annoyance
those children are a damn plague
VERB
-
cause to suffer a blight
Too much rain may blight the garden with mold -
annoy continually or chronically
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers
How To Use plague In A Sentence
- The plagues of aggressive nationalism, racism, chauvinism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and ethnic tension are still widespread.
- I dunno," said the plaguesome boy, looking at the address covertly. Janice Day at Poketown
- We are still plagued by them today. Times, Sunday Times
- a plaguey newfangled safety catch
- Please one’s eye and plague one’s heart.
- Liberal proponents of American Values praise the freedom that opens the floodgates to gay marriage and pornography; conservatives, the liberty unleashing that locust plague called unrestrained capitalism; neo-conservatives the license for lying, murderous Machtpolitik. Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers
- William Ragsdale, playing the Sheriff oof, playing sheriffs... well, life is short of a small bayou town hagged by what seem to be Biblical plagues. Oh, you're so COOL, Brewster!
- The minister identified plague, ebola, smallpox, anthrax, tularaemia and botulism as the main biological threats.
- His success enfeebled the national democratic process, plunging Cambodia back into turmoil that continues to plague it today.
- (PLAYG) A highly contagious disease, such as bubonic plague, that spreads quickly throughout a population and causes widespread sickness and death. Plague