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plague


plague - 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
  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  • a swarm of insects that attack plants
  • any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
  • an annoyance

    • plague - verb

    • cause to suffer a blight
    • annoy continually or chronically

    plague - thesaurus

    beset   blight   chevvy   chevy   chivvy   chivy   harass   harry   hassle   infestation   molest   pest   pestilence   pestis   provoke  


    View spelling list gue on the end of a word and learn about the word plague in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 19. Soft g: ge, gi, gy.

    Scrabble score for plague

    p is 3 l is 1 a is 1 g is 2 u is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 9

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