plague
/plɛɡ/ verb C1- To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- To afflict with a disease or other calamity. · Natural catastrophes plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland.· Falling prices and drought plagued the cattle industry.
He/she/it plagues · Past plagued · Past participle plagued · -ing form plaguing
Verb forms
- Base form
- plague
- He/she/it
- plagues
- Past
- plagued
- Past participle
- plagued
- -ing form
- plaguing
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Then it was that the Madness of Manhattan, the frenzy of Fuss and Feathers, the Bacillus of Brag, the Provincial Plague of Pose seized upon Towers Chandler.
Evil that plagued us is slain, Death in the garden lies dead.
“We can all plague and punish one another.
Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.”
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