PLAGUE


Meaning of PLAGUE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bubonic

▪ great

Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague.

… OF PLAGUE

▪ outbreak

a decline in population following outbreaks of ~

VERB + PLAGUE

▪ suffer

The region has just suffered a ~ of locusts.

▪ spread

Fleas spread ~ from animals to humans.

▪ be decimated by , be destroyed by

PLAGUE + VERB

▪ break out , start , strike (sth)

Bubonic ~ struck London in 1665.

▪ spread

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ of

The city is suffering a ~ of rats.

II.

verb

Plague is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ dream , ↑ illness , ↑ injury , ↑ nightmare , ↑ problem , ↑ worry

Plague is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ dream , ↑ mind

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