Plague
nounpleɪɡ
Noun
a swarm of insects that attack plants
“a plague of grasshoppers”
Similar:InfestationType of:SwarmCloudan annoyance
“those children are a damn plague”
Type of:BotherPainBotherationany epidemic disease with a high death rate
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
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
Type of:CatastropheCalamityCataclysm
Verb
cause to suffer a blight
Similar:BlightType of:SmiteAfflictannoy continually or chronically
Type of:DevilVexRile
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