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plague
noun
1 med
a any of several epidemic diseases with a high mortality rate;
b specifically, an infectious epidemic disease of rats and other rodents, caused by a bacterium and transmitted to humans by flea bites, eg bubonic plague.
2 an overwhelming intrusion by something unwelcome a plague of tourists .
3 colloq a nuisance.
4 an affliction regarded as a sign of divine displeasure a plague on both your houses .
verb (plagued , plaguing )
1 to afflict someone plagued by headaches .
2 to pester someone; to annoy them continually.
[14c: from Latin plaga blow, disaster or pestilence]
avoid something like the plague to keep well away from it; to shun it absolutely.
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