In ancient times, plagues killed many people.
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Plagues
//pleɪɡz//
Synonyms for "plagues" (243 found)
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Yellowish leafs can be synonym for plagues.
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That I may stay a pious servant of Thine for aye and drive the plagues that try us and tyranny away.
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"'Once had your hands,' said Calchas, 'dared profane / Minerva's gift, dire plagues' (which Heaven forestall / or turn on him) 'should Priam's realm sustain; / but if by Trojan aid it scaled your wall, / proud Asia then should Pelops' sons enthrall, / and children rue the folly of the sire.'"
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