Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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catastrophe | Yes | No | No | No |
plague | Yes | No | Yes | No |
catastrophe (noun) | plague (noun) |
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | an annoyance |
a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) |
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | a swarm of insects that attack plants |
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 | |
any epidemic disease with a high death rate |
catastrophe (verb) | plague (verb) |
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annoy continually or chronically | |
cause to suffer a blight |