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plague v. [
blight] cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"
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plague v. [
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, molest, provoke] annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
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plague n. [
pestilence, pest, pestis] 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
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plague n. [
pestilence, pest] any epidemic disease with a high death rate
. wn #5
plague n. [
infestation] a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
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