Look up: pestilence

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   pestilence
   [n] - a pernicious evil influence
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   Pestilence
   Pestilence: The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. The plague was, a highly contagious, infectious, virulent, devastating disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis which mainly infects rats and other rodents that serve as the pri ...
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   Pestilence
   Pes'ti·lence noun [ French pestilence , Latin pestilentia . See Pestilent .] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. « The pestilence That walketh in darkness.» Ps. xci. 6. 2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the m ...
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   pestilence
   1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. 'The pestilence That walketh in darkness.' (Ps. Xci. 6) ... 2. That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. 'I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. ... <botany>' (S ...
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   pestilence
   canker noun 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`
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   pestilence
   pest noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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   Pestilence
   left It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with `:List of historical plagues`. (Discuss) A `pestilence` is any virulent and highly infectious disease that can cause an epidemic or even a pandemic. The word can also be used about parasites causing large scale sickness and death, such as Guinea worm. Originally the word referred to the disease plague, which is called `pestis` in Latin. The 14th-century English poet Geoffre...
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   pestilence
   (pes´tĭ-lәns) a virulent contagious epidemic or infectious epidemic disease. adj., pestilen´tial., adj.
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   Pestilence
   • (n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. • (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
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    pestilence
    pestilence 1. A usually fatal epidemic disease; especially, bubonic plague. 2. A pernicious, evil influence, or agent.
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    pestilence
    
    1. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
    2. a pernicious evil influence
    
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