plague
/plɛɡ/ noun B2- The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but especially that caused by the above disease.
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates. · Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease.
- A group of common grackles (a blackbird), especially when flocking to e.g. parking lots at night.
Plural plagues
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“But if you are going to call the Winged Monkeys we must run away, for they are full of mischief and think it great fun to plague us.”
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.
“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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