Definition of "plague" []

• A widespread affliction or calamity, especially one seen as divine retribution. (noun)
• A sudden destructive influx or injurious outbreak: a plague of locusts; a plague of accidents. (noun)
• A cause of annoyance; a nuisance: "the plague of social jabbering” ( George Santayana). (noun)
• A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence. (noun)
• A highly fatal infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia (syn. Pasturella ) pestis, is transmitted primarily by the bite of a rat flea, and occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms. (noun)

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