Great Plague

American  

Or great plague

noun

1. the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.

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Example Sentences

A great plague ravaged western Europe, as he embarked on a long and bloody war against the Germanic tribes along the Danube frontier.

From National Geographic

“As our population continues to live longer and longer, falls are becoming the great plague of the modern era,” wrote Jeremy Faust in Slate in 2016, after Leonard Cohen fell—and then died.

From Slate

This timely political drama, which takes place in London during the Great Plague of 1665, explores themes of class and illness as a wealthy couple and two working-class survivors quarantine together.

From Washington Post

The Great Stink never garnered the notoriety of London’s Great Fire or Great Plague, although we can at least thank the stench for inspiring the invention of the modern sewage system.

From Slate

Venice that day was eerily tranquil, as at various times since the start of the pandemic, and this must also have been true during the great plague that permanently altered its history as a great world power.

From New York Times