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