eng: plague

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