Miasma and Plague

Miasma

Miasma noun - An unwholesome atmosphere.

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Plague and miasma are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plague" instead a noun "Miasma".

Nearby Word: miasmatic

Plague noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.

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Miasma and plague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Miasma" instead a noun "Plague".

Nearby Words: plagued, plaguing

natural	natural miasma	natural plague
evil	evil miasma	evil plague
poisonous	poisonous miasma	poisonous plague
deadly	deadly miasma	deadly plague
Other adjectives: fatal, demonic.

This is shown in Sophocles' Oedipus the King: Oedipus's actions (killing his father, marrying his mother) unknowingly brought blight and plague ("miasma") to his people.

Source: Mystical Plague
Hate Plague: One episode featured a cursed miasma that makes a person unable to trust anyone.

Source: Light Novel / Kyo Kara Maoh!
The mask included the goggles covering the eyes and aromatic herbs in the beak, that supposedly ward off the plague "miasma" and certainly masked the stench of decaying bodies and leaking buboes of the patients.

Source: Hazmat Suit

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