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Definition of Plague
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Plague
That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. Related Definitions:
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Plague Quotations
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. George Washington The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. Napoleon Bonaparte War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. Martin Luther Please your eye and plague your heart. William Cobbett War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it. Martin Luther |
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Plague Translations
plague in Dutch is pest plague in French is peste plague in German is plagen plague in Hungarian is pestis plague in Latin is lues, pestilencia, pestis pestis plague in Portuguese is praga plague in Spanish is plaga plague in Swedish is farsot, pest |
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