anti-plague

adjective

an·​ti-plague ˌan-tē-ˈplāg 

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly antiplague

: used or intended to counteract a plague and especially bubonic plague

anti-plague measures

Examples of anti-plague in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Officials in the small Siberian town where a worker in an anti-plague lab is believed to have died last week aren’t sharing updates about the case with the small community, a frustrated resident said Wednesday. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Last week, an employee who worked at a Russian anti-plague institute died, possibly from an unspecified form of plague. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Moscow — Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of a young woman who worked at a Siberian anti-plague laboratory. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Nearly 200 Russian citizens were placed under medical observation in eastern Siberia over the weekend following the illness and death of an anti-plague researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-plague

• craig
• plague
• vague