plague

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 114162173)
    is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: pest, pestilence, pestis
  2. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate (synset 114099961)
    is a type of: epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
    same as: pest, pestilence
  3. A swarm of insects that attack plants (synset 108012854)
    "a plague of grasshoppers"
    is a type of: cloud, swarm - a group of many things in the air or on the ground
    same as: infestation
  4. Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) (synset 107331203)
    is a type of: calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy - an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  5. An annoyance (synset 105840263)
    "those children are a damn plague"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    is 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
  1. Cause to suffer a blight (synset 202777278)
    "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
    is a type of: afflict, smite - cause physical pain or suffering in
    same as: blight
  2. Annoy continually or chronically (synset 201793315)
    "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
    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 irritations
    subtypes:
    same as: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke

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