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pest, pestilence, plague, 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 | an annoyance | |
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beset, plague, harry, provoke, chivy, harass, hassle, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, molest | annoy continually or chronically | |
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pest, pestilence, plague | any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
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plague | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) | |
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plague, infestation | a swarm of insects that attack plants | |
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plague, blight | cause to suffer a blight |