Afflict and Plague

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Afflict

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Usage example: he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident

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Plague is a synonym for afflict in torment topic. In some cases you can use "Plague" instead a verb "Afflict", when it comes to topics like attack, oppress, cause or become hurt. popular alternative

Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

Plague

Plague verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Usage example: plagued by a cough for all of last week

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Afflict is a synonym for plague in attack topic. You can use "Afflict" instead a verb "Plague", if it concerns topics such as oppress, torment, annoy. popular alternative

Nearby Words: plagued, plaguing

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Common collocations

humanity	afflict humanity	plague humanity
area	afflict area	plague area
characters	afflict characters	plague characters
world	afflict world	plague world
Other words: anyone.

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