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Word: Plague
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’
pleɪɡ
a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).
Short Definition:contagious bacterial disease
an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
Short Definition:large number of insects etc. infesting place
Examples:- a plague of locusts
a thing causing trouble or irritation
Short Definition:thing causing trouble
Examples:- staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants
Word: Plague
Speech Type: Verb
pleɪɡ
cause continual trouble or distress to
Short Definition:cause continual trouble to
Examples:- he has been plagued by ill health
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