plagues >> /pleɪɡ/
Definition: [verb] Cause continual trouble or distress to.
Example: he has been plagued by ill health
Definition: [noun] A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).
Example: Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague is highly contagious.
Definition: [noun] An unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage.
Example: a plague of locusts
Definition: [noun] A thing causing trouble or irritation.
Example: staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants