To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
To make depressed, sad or bored.
To press down.
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
A group of common grackles.
A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.