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pes·ti·lence
(pĕs′tə-ləns)n.
1. A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
2. A pernicious, evil influence or agent.
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pestilence
(ˈpɛstɪləns)n
1. (Pathology)
a. any epidemic outbreak of a deadly and highly infectious disease, such as the plague
b. such a disease
2. an evil influence or idea
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pes•ti•lence
(ˈpɛs tl əns)n.
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
3. something regarded as harmful or destructive.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 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" 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 areas where the pestilence had broken out
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Translations
وَباء، طاعون
mor
pest
dögvész
plága, farsótt, drepsótt; svartidauîi
antkrytis
epidēmija, sērga
salgın ve öldürücü hastalık
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pestilence
(ˈpestiləns) noun any type of deadly epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
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