Plague Definition & Meaning
plague
- noun
- 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 epidemic disease with a high death rate
- a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
- any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
- an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
- verb
- cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
- annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
"Plague" in song lyrics
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"A collaboration of the plague"
Atoms Family — Mystic Madness -
"spread it like a Plague"
Beast 1333 — 2033 -
"The Plague"
Brotha Lynch Hung and Doomsday Productions — In the Beginning
Words that rhyme with plague
Usage tips for "plague"
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