Thesaurus: pestilence

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1. n. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
2. n. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
3. n. 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
4. n. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
5. n. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
6. 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 moral character of great numbers. I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. Shak. Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior.
7. n:100 n. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of