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plagued

[pleyg]

noun

an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.

an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration, transmitted to humans from rats by means of the bites of fleas. Compare bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague.

any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, especially one regarded as a direct punishment by God: a plague of war and desolation.

any cause of trouble, annoyance, or vexation: Uninvited guests are a plague.

verb (used with object)

to trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner: The question of his future plagues him with doubt.

to annoy, bother, or pester: Ants plagued the picnickers.

to smite with a plague, pestilence, death, etc.; scourge: those whom the gods had plagued.

to infect with a plague; cause an epidemic in or among: diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia.

to afflict with any evil: He was plagued by allergies all his life.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English plage < Latin plāga stripe, wound, Late Latin: pestilence

Related forms

pla·guer, noun

an·ti·plague, noun, adjective

un·plagued, adjective

Can be confused: plague, plaque.

Synonyms
4. nuisance, bother, torment. 6. harass, vex, harry, hector, fret, worry, badger, irritate, disturb. See bother.

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The proposed change includes provisions intended to prevent problems that plagued earlier programs.

Over the years, it has come to my attention that the society is plagued by issues of academic freedom.

Yet even before the crash, the network was plagued by breakdowns.

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The proposed change includes provisions intended to prevent problems that plagued earlier programs.

Over the years, it has come to my attention that the society is plagued by issues of academic freedom.

Yet even before the crash, the network was plagued by breakdowns.

Tanzania is suddenly plagued with man-eating lions, and a hunt begins.

The drinking and drugging were the solutiion to those profound feelings of otherness that have plagued me all my life.

It was a wonderful question, and one that had always plagued me.

Keep in mind that a tree that's trouble-free in one climate may be plagued with problems in other areas.

Hubble's early years were plagued by production delays and cost overruns.

Ostensibly the bastion of reasoned and collegial discourse, academe is often plagued by inexcusably rude and uncollegial behavior.

Television presents a potent challenge to newspapers in a region plagued by illiteracy.

At the beginning its leaves were plagued with white spots, which the researchers chalked up to insufficient nutrients.

But it is still plagued by accuracy and security concerns.

Plagued by years of overuse and raw sewage, the river is not immune to problems.

The yard was plagued with weeds, invasive bamboo, and a not-so-retaining wall that was rotting away.

It's a clever solution to complex problems that have plagued game designers for decades.

Time conflicts plagued another member of the original organizing committee as well.

Colombia has been plagued by bouts of political violence.

Overfishing-taking fish from our oceans faster than they can reproduce-has plagued fisheries for decades.

While many researchers have enthusiastically touted the telescope's potential, its development has been plagued by problems.

Townships plagued by flooding could gain precious time to make preparations.

Plagued by financial troubles, bad weather and scandals, the notion of world's fairs has come under fire.

It was the culmination of a series of stress-related ailments that plagued me in the final years of grad school.

States plagued by fiscal woes rethink their stance on the death penalty.

Such predictions, and the study of ice sheets in general, is often plagued with uncertainties.

First, genetic research is plagued par excellence with irreproducible results.

The pair were plagued by radio-frequency problems, preventing communication with ships in the area.

The stylish computer has been plagued with problems since its launch last summer.

Others described absent fathers, households plagued by alcoholism, lonely teenage years and their frustrated desire to belong.

Not coincidentally, the same places are plagued by deforestation and other unsustainable exploitation of natural resources.

Within a week the problem that had plagued him for years was gone.

Hundreds of thousands of needless deaths in a country that has been plagued worse than any other by this disease.

The phones got tepid reviews and were plagued by reports of extremely poor sales.

Congo remains plagued by corruption and by militias from the civil-war era.

The two scientists have found fossil evidence that back trouble likely plagued our bipedal forebears.

At the time, his country was plagued with hyperinflation, and he couldn't find public support or funding.

It was plagued by finicky carbs and had a habit of killing magnetos.

The industry has been plagued by overcapacity ever since the telecoms bubble burst.

Previous efforts to build low-cost computers have been plagued by cost overruns.

Cross-platform conversations sometimes plagued by connection problems.

The current policy regime is plagued by two taboos and one fiction.

In the past such fast reactors were plagued by accidents/mis-operations.

It was a rare and hopeful gesture for two countries usually plagued by mutual suspicion.

Just a sad old troll trapped in a world changing too fast for his dementia plagued mind to understand.

Cadillac was plagued by poor quality and reliability.

Break the cycle that has plagued your family for generations.

Common avian infection plagued the tyrant dinosaurs.

Paladino's advisers are plagued by brushes with the law and allegations of misconduct.

He says the large data set also solves a problem that has plagued music researchers for years.

But in the past year, especially this summer, the shortages that plagued the country until.

Scientists have identified the receptor used by a virus that plagued chimpanzees' ancestors.

The first flight of the new composite airliner has been plagued by delays for nearly two years,.

The economy may be stable, and the sharp swings that plagued the stock market a year ago.

Many such contracts have been plagued by delays and costly legal disputes.

Newton's reflecting telescope got rid of the halo of light surrounding target objects that had plagued lens-based telescopes.

Plagued by slumping readership and beholden to high.

Echevarria lived in a neighborhood plagued by violence, poverty and despair.

The scheme is plagued by legal wrangles about its ownership.

K-19's first sea trials are plagued by breakdowns and malfunctions.

Alka-Seltzer, away from sufferers of boozers' blahs and to people plagued by strivers' stress.

My kids and all of their friends got through middle school without the issues that plagued many in my big mega middle school.

It has been revealed as plagued by backward technology, politically-biased oversight and local.

Poverty has always plagued the area, and now the pandemic has further complicated survival.

But others are plagued by chronic, recurring symptoms.

As a first step, the city worked to transform a mountainside of poor neighborhoods plagued by violent conflict.

He plans to stick with his job for three years, a boon in an industry plagued by high turnover.

Families are torn by violence, cities plagued by crime and countries paralyzed by terrorism.

And they are plagued by rigidities that make it hard to hire the best or sack the worst.

I've driven many electric cars, and short range plagued them all.

These questions illustrate the latest pieces of puzzlement in a field long plagued by the confusion of who sold what.

It will continue to be plagued by violence and insurgency, and civil war is a possibility.

Such signs of a distinctive culture may help explain why the group was so plagued by violent conflicts with neighboring groups.

Landaluce's death continued a tragic pattern of injury and illness that has plagued the fastest horses in training this year.

Poor navigation, disease, and low morale plagued the ill–fated mission.

Containment tanks prevent escapes and problems with sea lice infestation that have plagued open-net ocean pen operations.

If you recall, the new quad-core chip was plagued by delays and bugs late last year.

It will continue to be plagued by violence and insurgency.

Schneider said the city's library system hasn't been plagued by people ogling dirty pictures.

The filmmakers had run up against a challenge that has long plagued sartorially inclined animators.

People who used electronic voting machines found them plagued with errors.

Nor is the biotech industry immune to the safety problems that have plagued big pharmaceutical firms.

My experience is symptomatic of deep problems that have long plagued the environmental movement.

The mission was originally plagued by a computer glitch which caused a delay of more than a week.

The magnitude and multiplicity of miseries in that plagued continent are not subject to any wholesale fix.

One theory about his life and death was the stomach pain that plagued him led to his addiction to heroin and ultimately his death.

On a more grave note, our review unit was plagued with dozens of stuck pixels.

Indonesia is plagued by gigantic problems, high levels of corruption and of poverty being the two worst.

But it's still plagued by an international dispute rooted in the communist era.

The village has been plagued by undead warriors, and it's up to your party to right all of these wrongs.

It is plagued by delays and menaced by budget cuts.

Kabul, to create a portrait of this city plagued by continuous conflict for almost a quarter century.

Mexico has lately been plagued by some serious management gaffes.

Foundation problems plagued the levees and floodwalls from day one.

Some are difficult to visit because they are remote or located in areas plagued by conflict or drug trafficking.

It's not obvious to me that we're better off as a nation plagued by high taxes and heart disease.

Most basic research is now conducted by universities with public moneys but this is often plagued by bureaucracy and collegiate.

And indeed, people already plagued by anemia or malnutrition can get sick from them," he acknowledged.

Otherwise the field will forever be plagued by improbable reports of long-maned sea horses etc.

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Word Origin & History

plague

1382, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge," also "malignant disease," from M.Fr. plague, from L.L. plaga, used in Vulgate for "pestilence," from L. plaga "stroke, wound," probably from root of plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)," from or cognate with Gk. (Doric) plaga "blow," from PIE

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*plag- "hit" (cf. O.E. flocan "to strike, beat," Goth. flokan "to bewail," Ger. fluchen, O.Fris. floka "to curse"). O.Ir. plag (gen. plaige) "plague, pestilence" is from L. Specifically in ref. to "bubonic plague" from 1601. The verb is from 1481; in the sense of "bother, annoy" it is first recorded 1594. Plaguey "vexatious" is attested from 1615.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

plague (plāg)
n.
A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

plague

(plāg) Pronunciation Key

Any of various highly infectious, usually fatal epidemic diseases.
An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents. ◇ Bubonic plague, the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.

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Cultural Dictionary

plague [(playg)]

A highly contagious disease, such as bubonic plague, that spreads quickly throughout a population and causes widespread sickness and death.

Note: The term is also used to refer to widespread outbreaks of many kinds, such as a “plague of locusts.”

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