Plague
31plague — n 1. pestilence, epidemic, pandemic, pandemia, zymosis, (of animals) Pathol. epizootic, (of animals) Pathol. epizooty, (of animals) murrain, (of plants) epiphytotic; bubonic plague, black plague, black death; white plague, tuberculosis, TB,… …
32plague — n. 1) any epidemic disease with a high death rate. 2) an acute epidemic disease of rats and other wild rodents caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is transmitted to humans by rat fleas. Bubonic plague, the most common form of the… …
33plague — n., v., & int. n. 1 a deadly contagious disease spreading rapidly over a wide area. 2 (foll. by of) an unusual infestation of a pest etc. (a plague of frogs). 3 a great trouble. b an affliction, esp. as regarded as divine punishment. 4 colloq. a… …
34plague — I. noun Etymology: Middle English plage, from Late Latin plaga, from Latin, blow; akin to Latin plangere to strike more at plaint Date: 14th century 1. a. a disastrous evil or affliction ; calamity b. a destructively numerous influx < a plague of …
35plague — (pleīg) An acute febrile, infectious disease, caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, which has a high mortality rate; the two major types are bubonic plague and pneumonic plague …
36plague — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. affliction, woe, visitation; nuisance, pest; bane, scourge, curse; pestilence, disease, epidemic; bubonic plague, white or black death; cholera, tuberculosis, smallpox, typhoid, [Asian, etc. ] flu. v …
37plague — 1. noun 1) they died in a plague Syn: pandemic, epidemic, disease, sickness; dated contagion; archaic pestilence 2) a plague of fleas Syn: infestation, invasion, swarm, epidemic 2. verb 1) …
38plague — [[t]pleɪg[/t]] n. v. plagued, pla•guing 1) pat an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence 2) pat an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted… …
39plague — [14] Etymologically, plague means a ‘blow’ or ‘stroke’. It goes back to the same prehistoric base, *plag ‘hit’, as produced Latin plangere ‘beat’ (source of English complain, plaintiff [14], plaintive [14], and plangent [19] – which originally… …
40plague — [pleɪg] noun [C] I 1) any serious disease that spreads quickly and usually ends in death 2) an uncontrolled increase in the numbers of an animal or insect in a place II verb [T] plague [pleɪg] to cause a lot of problems for someone or something… …
