plague
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From Middle English plage < Latin plāga (“‘blow, wound’”) < plangere (“‘to strike’”). Cognate with Dutch plaag, German Plage, Swedish plåga, French plaie and Polish plaga.
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plague (plural plagues)
- (used absolutely, usually capitalized: The Pest) The pestilent disease "Plague", caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis and mostly known by its variant form bubonic plague.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
- A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go
- A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
- Rascal Bart is an utter plague, his pranks never cease until he's put over the knee
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specific disease "the Plague"
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an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
widespread affliction, calamity
a nuisance
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to plague (third-person singular simple present plagues, present participle plaguing, simple past and past participle plagued)
- (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
- (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
- Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland
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to harass
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plague (infinitive: plagar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of plagar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of plagar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of plagar.
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