plague
nouns
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
any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
is a type of (narrower)
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
an annoyance
"those children are a damn plague"
domain usage
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
is a type of (narrower)
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
"washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
verbs
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