pestilence, n.
(pestilences)
(pestilences)
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
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canker pestilence
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"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation""according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
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any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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pest pestilence plague
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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
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pest pestilence pestis plague
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