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(noun) infestation
a swarm of insects that attack plants
a plague of grasshoppers
(noun) pest, pestilence
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
(noun) pest, pestilence, pestis
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
(verb) provoke, molest, harass, harry, hassle, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, beset
annoy continually or chronically
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked; This man harasses his female co-workers
(verb) blight
cause to suffer a blight
Too much rain may blight the garden with mold