plague
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(noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague) |
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Synonyms: pestilence |
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Related Words: bubonic plague, infectious disease, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague |
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(verb) cause to suffer a blight |
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Synonyms: blight |
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Related Words: afflict, smite |
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(verb) annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" |
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Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke |
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Related Words: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, goad, gravel, irritate, nark, needle, nettle, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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