plagues
Persists in tormenting
Plagues is the plural of plague—devastating diseases that spread rapidly through populations, or any widespread afflictions: Biblical plagues descended upon Egypt.
The verb form means to cause persistent trouble or distress: Technical problems plagued the launch, She was plagued by doubts.
What plagues you torments or harasses relentlessly.
Global disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- typhusLouse-transmitted bacterial infection
smallpox · tuberculosis · malaria · measles · polio · influenza · bubonic · Black Death
Disease-causing microorganism
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- microbeMicroscopic living organism
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
infection · infestation · vector · reservoir · transmission · contagion · outbreak · illness
Mass departure from a place
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- PharaohEgyptian royal title
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
Passover · locusts · frogs · blood · firstborn · darkness · hail · boils
Severe widespread destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- disasterSudden ruinous event
cataclysm · apocalyptic · doom · famine · collapse · annihilation · havoc · scourge
pandemic
Global disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
typhus · smallpox · tuberculosis · malaria · measles · polio · influenza · bubonic · Black Death · yellow fever
pathogen
Disease-causing microorganism
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- microbeMicroscopic living organism
parasite · infection · infestation · vector · reservoir · transmission · contagion · outbreak · illness · affliction
Exodus
Mass departure from a place
Israelites · Passover · locusts · frogs · blood · firstborn · darkness · hail · boils · lice
devastation
Severe widespread destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
disaster · cataclysm · apocalyptic · doom · famine · collapse · annihilation · havoc · scourge · blight
pest
Harmful creature or nag
- infestationPest takeover situation
- annoyanceState of being bothered
- botherTo annoy or disturb
vexation · irritation · swarm · vermin · rodents · insects · locusts · rats · mice · mosquitoes
torment
Severe prolonged suffering
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
hardship · tribulation · woe · distress · ordeal · scourge · curse · burden · agony · despair
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Passover Sederseder, seder plate, seder meal, matzah, matzo
- Biblical Afflictionsleprosy, blindness, boils, lameness, deafness
- biblical miracleswalking on water, water into wine, raising Lazarus, calming the storm, loaves and fishes
- biblical punishmentsstoning, banishment, destruction, wrath, curses
- Biblical Supernaturalsorcery, witchcraft, magic, demons, exorcism
plagueshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · vitality · cures · good health · flourishing
plaguespeace
Freedom from disturbance
relief · respite · freedom · liberation · tranquility
- avoid like the plagueEvade with extreme caution
- the plagueDevastating infectious epidemic
- avoided like the plagueIntensely, deliberately evaded
- bubonic plagueYersinia pestis infection
- avoiding like the plagueExtreme deliberate evasion
- plague doctorEpidemic-treating masked physician