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

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

The death of a worker at an anti-plague laboratory in Russia has prompted officials to put at least one hospital facility under quarantine and nearly 200 people reportedly under medical observation as of Monday. — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 5 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

The lab technician is a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, which was set up in the 1930s as an anti-plague body and later expanded its scope to other highly dangerous diseases. — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-plague

• craig
• plague
• vague