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1. | [ verb ] cause to suffer a blight | |
Synonyms: | blight | |
Examples: | "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold." |
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Related terms: | afflict blight infestation blight | |
2. | [ verb ] annoy continually or chronically | |
Synonyms: | beset harry provoke chivy molest chivvy hassle chevvy chevy harass | |
Examples: | "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
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Related terms: | annoy nettle torment haze fuss aggravation harasser harassment | |
3. | [ 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 | |
4. | [ noun ] any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | |
Related terms: | calamity | |
5. | [ noun ] (informal) an annoyance | |
Examples: | "those ants are a damn plague" |
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Related terms: | annoyance colloquialism | |
6. | [ noun ] (biology,zoology) a swarm of insects that attack plants | |
Synonyms: | infestation | |
Examples: | "a plague of grasshoppers" |
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Related terms: | swarm blight | |
7. | [ noun ] (medicine) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
Synonyms: | pestilence | |
Related terms: | epidemic_disease | |
8. | [ noun ] (medicine) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague) | |
Synonyms: | pestilence | |
Related terms: | infectious_disease epidemic_disease septicemic_plague bubonic_plague pneumonic_plague blight | |
Similar spelling: |
plaguey plage please plaque plaguy plug plica Pleas plaza ploce Pless pleach place |