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- adjective Like a
plague .
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Examples
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Every half-century or so, plaguelike numbers hatch.
Against Insect Plague, Nevadans Wield Ultimate Weapon: Hard Rock 2009
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If they really thought Griffin might have some sort of plaguelike disease, why would they leave anyone in the same room with him?
Terror At Dawn Douglass, Keith 2003
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Human concerns will focus on a crumbling worldwide economy, ever-protracted warring maneuvers, environmental confrontations, natural “catastrophes,” social upheavals, plaguelike illnesses, human and animal murder, and other categories of generalized mayhem.
Songs of the Arcturians Patricia L. Pereira 1996
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Human concerns will focus on a crumbling worldwide economy, ever-protracted warring maneuvers, environmental confrontations, natural “catastrophes,” social upheavals, plaguelike illnesses, human and animal murder, and other categories of generalized mayhem.
Songs of the Arcturians Patricia L. Pereira 1996
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In addition, many health professionals recoil from treating AIDS patients, fearful of becoming contaminated by this plaguelike disease.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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