plague
Noun
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is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many peoplesubtypes:
- bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person
- plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague - a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
- septicemic plague - an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
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is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many peoplesame as: pest, pestilence
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same as: infestation
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is a type of: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechis a type of: annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Verb
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same as: blight
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is a type of: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritationssubtypes:
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