1.Definition: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

Related Noun(s):pest, pestilence, pestis

Category: General

2.Definition: a swarm of insects that attack plants

"A plague of grasshoppers"

Related Noun(s):infestation

Category: General

3.Definition: an annoyance

"Those children are a damn plague"

Category: General

4.Definition: any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Related Noun(s):pest, pestilence

Category: General

5.Definition: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)

Category: General