n. 25B6; noun
they died of the plague : BUBONIC PLAGUE, pneumonic plague, the Black Death; disease, sickness, epidemic; dated contagion; archaic pestilence.
a plague of cat fleas : INFESTATION, epidemic, invasion, swarm, multitude, host.
theft is the plague of restaurants : BANE, curse, scourge, affliction, blight. See list.
25B6; verb
he was plagued by poor health : AFFLICT, bedevil, torment, trouble, beset, dog, curse.
he plagued her with questions : PESTER, harass, badger, bother, torment, persecute, bedevil, harry, hound, trouble, irritate, nag, annoy, vex, molest; informal hassle, bug, aggravate; N. English informal mither; N. Amer. informal devil.
The Ten Biblical Plagues of Egypt
water into blood boils
frogs hail
lice locusts
flies darkness
cattle death of firstborn