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Plague
pleɪɡ
Plague definitions
noun
plague
plagues
- a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague)
- any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
"diseases like smallpox wiped out the indigenous people in a succession of plagues"
- an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
"a plague of locusts"
- a thing causing trouble or irritation
"staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants"
- used as a curse
"a plague on all their houses!"