Black Death
Black Death noun - The epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe.
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Plague and Black Death are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plague" instead a noun phrase "Black Death".
Plague
Plague noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.
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- Seanan McGuire's song "The Black Death" is six minutes of well-researched virology and microbiology explaining why The Black Death was probably not bubonic plague.
Source: Shown Their Work / Music - Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death which was so named because it was carried on the black-rat species.
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The Corruption: The Black Death is a plague unleashed by Graven that turns men to kill each other.
Source: Video Game / Conan
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