plague
/pleɪɡ/
noun
- A serious disease that spreads quickly and kills many people, especially the bubonic plague in history.
- Modern medicine can treat the plague with antibiotics.
- The plague killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.
- Historians study how the plague changed society.
- A large number of harmful animals or insects that cause damage or trouble.
- The city suffered a plague of rats after the flood.
- Gardeners are dealing with a plague of aphids this summer.
- A plague of locusts destroyed the farmers' crops.
- Something that causes constant trouble, suffering, or annoyance.
- Traffic jams are a plague in big cities.
- The computer virus was a plague on the company's network.
- Mosquitoes are a plague during the rainy season.
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verb
- To cause constant trouble, pain, or worry to someone or something.
- Technical problems plagued the launch of the new app.
- Bad luck seemed to plague the family for years.
- She was plagued by doubts about her decision.
- To infect with a serious disease (usually used in passive form).
- The village was plagued by a mysterious illness.
- Many animals in the region were plagued by the virus.
- The population was plagued by outbreaks of cholera.
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