Plague
noun
A dangerous disease that spread quickly and kills a lot of people.
The Black Plague killed millions of people in Europe.
noun
A very troublesome or annoying thing or person.
Email spam is a plague that affects many people's inboxes.
verb
To cause lots of problems or difficulties.
The company has been plagued by financial issues this year.
noun
A punishment from God.
In the Bible, the Egyptians were given ten plagues.
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Religious
noun
A dangerous disease that spread quickly and kills a lot of people.
The Black Plague killed millions of people in Europe.
noun
A very troublesome or annoying thing or person.
Email spam is a plague that affects many people's inboxes.
verb
To cause lots of problems or difficulties.
The company has been plagued by financial issues this year.
noun
A punishment from God.
In the Bible, the Egyptians were given ten plagues.
Usage tips
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Disease
Use 'plague' to refer to infamous disease outbreaks in history.
The bubonic plague devastated Europe in the 14th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Context
Emphasize the severity and wide effect of an outbreak with 'plague'.
When cholera acted like a plague, panic ensued.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Use 'plague' metaphorically to compare a disease to past pandemics.
Some say the flu was a modern-day plague in its early years.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Disease
Use 'plague' to refer to infamous disease outbreaks in history.
The bubonic plague devastated Europe in the 14th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Context
Emphasize the severity and wide effect of an outbreak with 'plague'.
When cholera acted like a plague, panic ensued.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Use 'plague' metaphorically to compare a disease to past pandemics.
Some say the flu was a modern-day plague in its early years.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Disease
Use 'plague' to refer to infamous disease outbreaks in history.
The bubonic plague devastated Europe in the 14th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity Context
Emphasize the severity and wide effect of an outbreak with 'plague'.
When cholera acted like a plague, panic ensued.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Use 'plague' metaphorically to compare a disease to past pandemics.
Some say the flu was a modern-day plague in its early years.
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The past, present and...
weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease.
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Making Plague Victims PIPE...
based on cloves a strong antiseptic oil and on orous which is a perfect fixative and that he held in his mouth and suggested other people hold in their mouth as a preventive against the plague it's possible that it might even have been helpful because clove is a strong antiseptic oil and it may have actually
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Plague 101 PIPE National...
What also aided in the transmission of the disease was the lack of medical knowledge. For most of human history, the cause of illnesses, germs, was unknown, making sicknesses like the plague a mystery. This lack of knowledge drove the spread of disease
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A day in the life of an...
and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. The cramped conditions have taken a toll and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population. But city life goes on.
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How to disrupt...
peers avoiding me like the plague in a meeting with the chair of my department I was told that I needed a team you're not going to survive here without a team he said the only problem was no one wanted me on their team there was no
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Rethinking infidelity...
today it is often traumatic, because it threatens our sense of self. So my patient Fernando, he's plagued. He goes "I thought I knew my life. I thought I knew who you were, who we were as a couple, who I was.
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Learning from smallpox:...
First, humans are essential to the smallpox lifecycle, so breaking the chain of human to human transmission causes the virus to die out. In contrast, many other pathogens, like ebola or the bubonic plague,
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Can you solve the virus...
The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.
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The exceptional life of...
He used his scientific expertise to pioneer new agricultural methods on his family's tobacco farm. His fascination with the natural world also led to a study on the plague life cycle of locusts.
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Army of Sea Urchins? PIPE...
life in the kelp is as full of drama as in any other forest but the cast is less familiar an army of sea urchins is mounting an attack the urchin plague
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The past, present and...
weakening feudalism, and eventually leading to political reforms. But the plague also had an important biological impact. The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease.
Video examples
Making Plague Victims PIPE...
based on cloves a strong antiseptic oil and on orous which is a perfect fixative and that he held in his mouth and suggested other people hold in their mouth as a preventive against the plague it's possible that it might even have been helpful because clove is a strong antiseptic oil and it may have actually
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Plague 101 PIPE National...
What also aided in the transmission of the disease was the lack of medical knowledge. For most of human history, the cause of illnesses, germs, was unknown, making sicknesses like the plague a mystery. This lack of knowledge drove the spread of disease
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. The cramped conditions have taken a toll and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population. But city life goes on.
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How to disrupt...
peers avoiding me like the plague in a meeting with the chair of my department I was told that I needed a team you're not going to survive here without a team he said the only problem was no one wanted me on their team there was no
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Rethinking infidelity...
today it is often traumatic, because it threatens our sense of self. So my patient Fernando, he's plagued. He goes "I thought I knew my life. I thought I knew who you were, who we were as a couple, who I was.
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
First, humans are essential to the smallpox lifecycle, so breaking the chain of human to human transmission causes the virus to die out. In contrast, many other pathogens, like ebola or the bubonic plague,
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
The virus is contained for now, but unless you can destroy it, the vents will soon open and unleash a deadly airborne plague. Without hesitation, you grab your HazMat suit and get ready to save the world.
Video examples
The exceptional life of...
He used his scientific expertise to pioneer new agricultural methods on his family's tobacco farm. His fascination with the natural world also led to a study on the plague life cycle of locusts.
Video examples
Army of Sea Urchins? PIPE...
life in the kelp is as full of drama as in any other forest but the cast is less familiar an army of sea urchins is mounting an attack the urchin plague
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
The very wealthy have little need for state-provided education or health care... They have even less reason to support health insurance for everyone or to worry about the low quality of public schools that plagues much of the country.
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Larry Niven
American Writer
As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.
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Felicity Huffman
American Actress
The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.
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Jimmy Barnes
Scottish Musician
I know that life is full of lessons to be learned, and my children will have to learn their own, but I hope I have broken the cycle of shame and fear that plagued my childhood.
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Mark Philippoussis
Australian Tennis Player
If you told me as a ten-year-old kid, loving tennis as I did, that I'd be plagued by injuries and have to finish early I'd still have chosen this life.
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Larry Kramer
American Playwright
AIDS was allowed to happen. It is a plague that need not have happened. It is a plague that could have been contained from the very beginning.
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Ajit Pai
American Public Servant
Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
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Barack Obama
American President
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
The very wealthy have little need for state-provided education or health care... They have even less reason to support health insurance for everyone or to worry about the low quality of public schools that plagues much of the country.
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Larry Niven
American Writer
As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.
Quote examples
Felicity Huffman
American Actress
The pressure on women to be thin is like a plague. I have gone through my life, like a lot of women, rating my experiences on the basis of, 'Was I thin at that time or fat?' And it doesn't seem to let up.
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Jimmy Barnes
Scottish Musician
I know that life is full of lessons to be learned, and my children will have to learn their own, but I hope I have broken the cycle of shame and fear that plagued my childhood.
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Mark Philippoussis
Australian Tennis Player
If you told me as a ten-year-old kid, loving tennis as I did, that I'd be plagued by injuries and have to finish early I'd still have chosen this life.
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Larry Kramer
American Playwright
AIDS was allowed to happen. It is a plague that need not have happened. It is a plague that could have been contained from the very beginning.
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Ajit Pai
American Public Servant
Unfortunately, Lifeline, known in some circles as the 'Obamaphone' program, is plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you - until you get your revenge.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
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Barack Obama
American President
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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