Noun
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an annoyance
"those children are a damn plague"
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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"
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any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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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
- pestis
Verb
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annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
"This man harasses his female co-workers"
- chevvy -
cause to suffer a blight
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"