plague victim

collocation in English

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plague
noun[C or U]
uk
/pleɪɡ/us
/pleɪɡ/
a serious disease that kills many people, often used to refer to bubonic plague, a very infectious disease caused by bacteria spread mainly by fleas (= small insects that bite) on rats or other animals, that causes swelling, fever, and usually death in ...
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victim
noun[C]
uk
/ˈvɪk.tɪm/us
/ˈvɪk.təm/
someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness ...
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(Definition ofplagueandvictimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Use by rubbing it on the hands, ears and temples from time to time when approaching aplaguevictim.
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Since 1131 it has been used to house pilgrims and crusaders, plague victims, monks, soldiers, the mentally ill and stray cats.
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They were specifically hired by towns that had many plague victims in times of plague epidemics.
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Their principal task, besides taking care of plague victims, was to record in public records the deaths due to the plague.
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He also hardens his heart regarding the plague victims so that he can continue to do his work.
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If the town had too many plague victims that his salary was not obtainable, then he was free to leave with no further obligations.
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Estimates of plague victims are usually extrapolated from figures from the clergy.
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Owing to the manner of his death, he has always been considered a patron saint of plague victims.
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Since 2004 archaeologists have unearthed more than 1500 skeletons of plague victims buried here between the 15th and 17th centuries.
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Like other plague victims, he was hastily buried in an unconsecrated field, the precise spot now unknown.
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The plague victims became the outcasts of the society and were thrown outside the city walls, along with the other marginalized folk, to die.
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It was coveted by plague victims for medicinal purposes, and yet many of the farmers capable of growing it had died off.
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He was allowed to work in a ward where there were no plague victims, as they were afraid to lose him.
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Plague victims were also reported to have been tossed by catapult into cities under siege.
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They picked him up and dumped him, along with his bagpipes which they presumed were infected, into a pit filled with bodies of plague victims outside the city walls.
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Years of ostracism, of living apart from the rest of elvish society like plague victims, has instilled in them a deep distrust of all other elven races.
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Augustin was a popular street musician, who, according to the legend, fell into a pit with bodies of plague victims, late at night when he was drunk.
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Fourier and the canons with him were occupied in that city nursing plague victims.
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