Flag and Plague

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Flag verb - To be limp from lack of water or vigor.

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Plague and flag are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plague" instead a verb "Flag".

Nearby Word: flagging

Plague verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

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Flag and plague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flag" instead a verb "Plague".

Nearby Words: plagued, plaguing

similar	similar flag	similar plague
specific	specific flag	specific plague
actual	actual flag	actual plague
real	real flag	real plague
Other adjectives: massive, large, big, major, last, golden, giant.

And when Scootaloo has to carry the flag, she gets the "plague of flying cats flag." Hilarity ensues.

Source: Web Video / Ultra Fast Pony
The Victorians and Edwardians loved to associate this with madness and decay as the symbol of the plague is a yellow flag with a single black spot flown above an infected vessel or building.

Source: Names To Run Away From / Colors
During the Age of Sail, a popular tactic was to raise enemy colours (or, if you were really sneaky, a plague flag) and only lower them at the moment of firing.

Source: Dressing as the Enemy

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