pestilence

pes·ti·lence  (pst-lns)

n.

1. A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.

2. A pernicious, evil influence or agent.

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pestilence

Noun

Literary any deadly epidemic disease, such as the plague

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pestilence - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal pest, pestis, plague epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague - a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever septicemic plague - an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
	2.	pestilence - any epidemic disease with a high death rate pest, plague epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
	3.	pestilence - a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" canker influence - a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"

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pestilence

noun plague, epidemic, visitation, pandemic

Translations

pestilence [ˈpɛstɪləns] n → pestilencia

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pestilence [ˈpɛstɪləns] n → peste f

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pestilence [ˈpɛstɪləns] pest n → Pest f

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pestilence [ˈpɛstɪləns] n → pestilenza

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pestilence

n pestilence [ˈpestiləns]

any type of deadly epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. pes وَباء، طاعون чума mor pest die Seuche λοιμός pestilencia, peste (hukutav) taud هر نوع بیماری همه گیر kulkutauti peste מָגֵפָה महामारी kuga,pošast dögvész wabah penyakit plága, farsótt, drepsótt; svartidauði pestilenza, peste ペスト 페스트, 전염병 antkrytis, epidemija epidēmija, sērga wabak pest (far)sott, pest; svartedauden zaraza pestilência ciumă (bubonică); molimă чума; мор mor kuga kuga []pest, farsot โรคติดต่อร้ายแรง salgın ve öldürücü hastalık 瘟疫 чума; мор وبائي مرض، طاعون bệnh dịch hạch 瘟疫