PLAGUE
(noun) an annoyance
"those children are a damn plague"
(noun) any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
(noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants
"a plague of grasshoppers"
synonyms : infestation(noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate
synonyms : pest , pestilence(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
synonyms : pest , pestilence , pestis(verb) annoy continually or chronically
"He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked", "This man harasses his female co-workers"
synonyms : beset , chevvy , chevy , chivvy , chivy , harass , harry , hassle , molest , provokehe already busy with a hundred things , he doesnt need you beseting him like this. -added by diviya_inlas
(verb) cause to suffer a blight
"Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
synonyms : blight
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Mnemonics for plague
(Tag: english) plunge into a plague
added by blackboyerking
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