| PL | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) |
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| PL | a swarm of insects that attack plants |
| PL | any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
| PL | a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague) |
| PL | annoy continually or chronically |
| PL | cause to suffer a blight |
| PL | a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague |
| PL | (often followed by `with' or used in combination) troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers |
| PL | likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |
| PL | causing irritation or annoyance |
| PL | likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease |
| PL | in a disagreeable manner |