Meaning & use
plague
A deadly, fast-spreading infectious disease, or an overwhelming and troublesome abundance of something.
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The plague killed millions of people across Europe during the fourteenth century.
A plague of locusts destroyed the farmers' entire crop within days.
A note on using this word
Capitalized as the Plague or Black Death, it refers to a specific historical pandemic caused by a bacterium.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To cause repeated trouble or distress to someone over a long period.
Doubts about her decision continued to plague her for months afterward.
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