plague
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- noun
- /pleɪg/
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- At that time, however, plague was almost absent from Spain while ravaging France.
- bubonic plague
- plague epidemic
- plague outbreak
That's the sequence of plagues and each plague gets a little worse.
- That's the sequence of plagues and each plague gets a little worse.
- In this case, I believe it's like a kind of plague pandemic, which why not?
- You've got the plague, you've got wars, you've got the flus.
- People were dying from hand to hand combat, plague and famine.
- And then in real life, he's probably dying of the plague.
- We then have the first great Roman plague because these people, they have no germ theory.
- So Europe is not a natural place for plague.
- The Black Death was part of what's known as the second plague pandemic.
- Foucault uses the analogy of what happens during the plague.
- Hugh Audley, died in the plague.
Examples
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No social or political measures were pursued to control and prevent the plague outbreaks.
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Was this the return of the plague, as people speculated?
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We start today with the first plague pandemic now.
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ln the eight years since this plague destroyed our world...
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I spent most of the plague era constantly running.
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Rounds of plague and bad seasons brought further misery.
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So this is our first overview of plague in its three pandemics.
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By the 1700s, flea-borne plague had taken an estimated 137 million lives.
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The Black Death, a huge wave of epidemics of bubonic plague, spread across Europe during 1347-1353 CE.
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In the 1300s, the bubonic plague devastated Europe, killing millions of people.
Synonyms
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A disease that kills many people quickly, for example the plague
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A serious infectious disease often spread by rats and fleas
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A disease that spreads quickly and affects many people in one area
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A serious disease that spreads and causes fever and painful swollen glands
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A severe disease in the Middle Ages that spread across Europe and killed millions
- Specialized
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A serious lung infection that spreads between people through the air
- Archaic
A very contagious disease of cattle that usually kills them with fever and severe diarrhea
- Archaic
A mild form of plague that allows the sick person to move and shows only light symptoms
- Specialized
A common illness that causes fever and painful swollen glands in the armpits or groin
- Specialized
A fast, often deadly lung infection that spreads through the air between people
- Specialized
A severe lung infection caused by bacteria that spreads through the air and often kills people
- Specialized
A very dangerous illness when bacteria enter the blood and do not spread between people, often deadly without antibiotics
How Widespread
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plague comes from the old Latin word plaga, which means 'a blow' or 'a strike'. People thought of a deadly disease as a terrible 'blow' that hits many, so plague now means a fast-spreading, deadly illness.