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Meaning of plague

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  plague
      n 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 [syn:
           {plague}, {pestilence}, {pest}, {pestis}]
      2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: {plague},
         {pestilence}, {pest}]
      3: a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of
         grasshoppers" [syn: {infestation}, {plague}]
      4: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent
         by God)
      5: an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
      v 1: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the
           garden with mold" [syn: {blight}, {plague}]
      2: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
         staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
         co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {harry}, {chivy},
         {chivvy}, {chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest},
         {provoke}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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