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plague
has definitions from the fields of medicine,biology,zoology
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[ verb ] cause to suffer a blight
Synonyms Examples "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold." Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)If a nation wished to get a head_start in physical fitness over all other nations , it would start its kindergarten students on a program of gymnastics the day they entered and thus eliminate a large_number of the problems that plague American schools . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Everywhere within the common pattern , however , one finds local diversity ; Greek history and culture were enduringly fertilized , and plagued , by the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)We all seek the same thing through different ways - an end to this long night of two thousand years of darkness and unspeakable abuses which will continue to plague us until the Star_of_David flies over Zion '' . Related terms |
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[ verb ] annoy continually or chronically
Examples "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" "This man harasses his female co-workers" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Indigestion plagued him . Related terms annoy nettle torment haze fuss aggravation harasser harassment |
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[ noun ] (medicine) 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)
Related terms epidemic_disease bubonic_plague septicemic_plague pneumonic_plague blight |
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[ noun ] any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
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[ noun ] (informal) an annoyance
Examples "those ants are a damn plague" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology,zoology) a swarm of insects that attack plants
Synonyms Examples "a plague of grasshoppers" |
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[ noun ] (medicine) any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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[ noun ] (medicine) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
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