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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAGUE-STRICKEN

plague-stricken  [ˈpleɪɡˌstrɪkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAGUE-STRICKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plague-Stricken is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAGUE-STRICKEN


African
ˈæfrɪkən
American
əˈmɛrɪkən
Armorican
ɑːˈmɒrɪkən
Asian-American
ˈeɪʒənəˈmerɪkən
awe-stricken
ˈɔːˌstrɪkən
awestricken
ˈɔːˌstrɪkən
bricken
ˈbrɪkən
horror-stricken
ˈhɒrəˌstrɪkən
hurricane
ˈhʌrɪkən
Latino-American
læˈtiːnəʊəˌmerɪkən
love-stricken
ˈlʌvstrɪkən
lovestricken
ˈlʌvstrɪkən
Meso-American
ˌmiːzəʊəˈmɛrɪkən
Mesoamerican
ˌmɛsəʊəˈmɛrɪkən
Mexican
ˈmɛksɪkən
moonstricken
ˈmuːnˌstrɪkən
planet-stricken
ˈplænɪtˌstrɪkən
stricken
ˈstrɪkən
taken
ˈteɪkən
thunderstricken
ˈθʌndəˌstrɪkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAGUE-STRICKEN

plagiary
plagiocephaly
plagioclase
plagioclastic
plagioclimax
plagiostomatous
plagiostome
plagiostomous
plagiotropic
plagiotropism
plagiotropous
plagium
plague
plague-ridden
plaguer
plaguesome
plaguey
plaguily
plaguing
plaguy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAGUE-STRICKEN

chicken
conscience-stricken
coronation chicken
Digby chicken
drucken
free-range chicken
grief-stricken
like a headless chicken
mobile phone chicken
Mother Carey´s chicken
no chicken
panic-stricken
poverty-stricken
prairie chicken
quicken
requicken
she is no spring chicken
sicken
spring chicken
terror-stricken
thicken

Synonyms and antonyms of plague-stricken in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «plague-stricken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAGUE-STRICKEN

Find out the translation of plague-stricken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plague-stricken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plague-stricken» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鼠疫灾区
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apestados
570 millions of speakers

English

plague-stricken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

- प्लेग त्रस्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضربها الطاعون -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Зачумленный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flagelar - golpeado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্লেগ-সংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pestiféré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malapetaka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pestkranken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

- 疫病に襲わ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

- 전염병 에 시달리는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wewelak-stricken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bệnh dịch hạch - bị ảnh hưởng mạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆட்டிப்படைத்தது வாடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पीडित-त्रस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

-Veba kapılmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appestati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dotkniętych plagą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зачумлений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciuma - stricken
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανούκλα που επλήγησαν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plaag - geteisterde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pestdrabbade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pest -rammet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plague-stricken

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAGUE-STRICKEN»

The term «plague-stricken» is used very little and occupies the 159.072 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAGUE-STRICKEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plague-stricken

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAGUE-STRICKEN»

Discover the use of plague-stricken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plague-stricken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries
... pestilential disease in 1348 described a world of terror in which things seemed changed forever. Look at this painting, St. Sebastian Interceding for the Plague- Stricken, created by the Flemish artist Josse Lieferinxe between 1497 and 1499.
‎2008
2
A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles
... Privy Council stated that plague had been prevalent in Exeter for sixteen months.4 In Somersetshire the Ivelchester Sessions ordered a levy for the relief of the plague-stricken parishes of 'Hilbishopps and Staplegrove'5 and in Warwickshire, ...
J. F. D. Shrewsbury, 2005
3
Disease and Empire: A History of Plague Epidemics in the ...
This discussion serves as a ground for the discussion of whether one should flee a plague-stricken area or not. Taskopriizade mentions the presence of two parties of opinion. The first group is those who believe that one should not flee a  ...
Nukhet Varlik, 2008
4
Cultures of Plague: Medical thinking at the end of the ...
Bellicocchi added to Donzellini's resolutions: doctors were to be divided by the gates of the city charged with treating the plague-stricken in their districts; 'to the best of their abilities', they were to employ the full range of their remedies, and ...
Samuel K. Cohn, Jr., 2009
5
Mechanism, Experiment, Disease: Marcello Malpighi and ...
CHAPTER. SIX. Civic. Religiosity. and. Religious. Citizenship. in. Plague-Stricken . Marseille. While civic leaders and physicians attributed plague to foreign yeasts and antisocial acts of self- indulgence, another group of elites—religious ...
Domenico Bertoloni Meli, 2011
6
A Treatise on Plague: Dealing with the Historical, ...
Holding this doctrine they discountenanced flight from a plague-stricken village, though, at the same time, it was held to be foolish to go to a locality where plague prevailed. Ideas of this kind usually exercised a salutary influence in checking ...
W. J. Simpson, 2010
7
Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to ...
It was also thought uncharitable to refuse to tend the sick for fear of being infected oneself; the loneliness suffered by plague-stricken people is attested to in many surviving documents. Plague remedies from earlier times circulated widely and ...
George C. Kohn, 2008
8
Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-century Tuscany
Recreates the struggles within plaguestricken Monte Lupo, a seventeenth-century Tuscan village, relating events that led to a confrontation between the advocates of science and the followers of faith
Carlo M. Cipolla, 1981
9
Between Crown and Commerce: Marseille and the Early Modern ...
Civic. Religiosity. and. Religious. Citizenship. in. Plague-Stricken. Marseille. While civic leaders and physicians attributed plague to foreign yeasts and antisocial acts of self-indulgence, another group of elites—religious personnel—  ...
Junko Thérèse Takeda, 2011
10
Encyclopedia of Microbiology
Only by the later 1400s do we begin to see coordination and explicit rationales provided for separation of the well from the ill, the effectiveness of hospitals specifically for the plague-stricken, and the need to cleanse or destroy all items touched ...
‎2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAGUE-STRICKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plague-stricken is used in the context of the following news items.
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This weekend's TV highlights
Perhaps we should just enjoy it as a terrifying look at a plague-stricken city. Naturally, the government fear that news of the chaos and distress ... «The National, Jul 15»
2
Jeb Bush Hid a Die Hard Series Synopsis In His Campaign …
... Napoleon appeared to embraced the plague-stricken poor. Fortunately, his website coders had a plan. The youngs love Bruce Willis, right? «Gawker, Jun 15»
3
Under the Microscope
I also like how Robyn is able to pull her thoughts away from plague-stricken Marian to smiling, healthy Marian. Second, I love the glimpse we ... «Sequential Tart News, Jun 15»
4
The previously lost film that played before Empire Strikes Back has …
The film is a swords-and-sorcery tale of a knight traversing a plague-stricken land with many elements of dream imagery and mythical ... «A.V. Club, May 15»
5
Catherine of Siena is a Model for Today
When the plague broke out in Sienna, one of her friends wrote: She was always with the plague-stricken. She prepared them for death; she ... «Catholic Online, Apr 15»
6
Arnold Schwarzenegger understands father's dilemma in zombie …
... to become flesh-eating monsters who must be killed, “Maggie” is the 16-year-old plague-stricken daughter of Schwarzenegger, a farmer. «Boston Herald, Apr 15»
7
10 Books To Help Get You Through Your 'Walking Dead' Withdrawal
... like that saying about falling in love — how does the earth become a desolate, capitalist, plague-stricken horror? Slowly, and then all at once. «Bustle, Mar 15»
8
Inspiring emigrant letters home to Ireland from America in the …
We were much relieved to be landed in Quebec but imagine our feelings at finding ourselves in a plague-stricken city; where men, women and ... «IrishCentral, Mar 15»
9
A rich box of delights: A short guide to medieval literature
Medieval literature might seem difficult at first, but in the plague-stricken villages and courts of old, a rich imaginative life emerged, from mothers ... «The Mancunion, Mar 15»
10
Tribeca Film Festival 2015 Announces World Narrative, Spotlight …
Set against the backdrop of a black plague-stricken Florence, ten young men and women escape to a country estate where they spend their ... «Shockya.com, Mar 15»

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