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English to English noun
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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 |  | source: wordnet30
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any epidemic disease with a high death rate | | source: wordnet30
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a swarm of insects that attack plants | | Example: a plague of grasshoppers
source: wordnet30
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any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | | source: wordnet30
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an annoyance | | Example: those children are a damn plague
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That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. | | source: webster1913 verb
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cause to suffer a blight | | Example: Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
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annoy continually or chronically | | Example: He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers
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To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. | | source: webster1913
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