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1. (n.) pestilence
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
2. pestilence
something regarded as harmful or destructive.
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| Definition of 'Pestilence' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
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
2. (noun) plague, pestilence, pest
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
3. (noun) pestilence, canker
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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1. (noun) Pestilence
specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating
2. (noun) Pestilence
fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers
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Sense: any type of deadly epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
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 Afrikaans: pes |
 Arabic: وَباء، طاعون |
 Bulgarian: чума |
 Brazilian: pestilência |
 Czech: mor |
 German: die Seuche |
 Danish: pest |
 Greek: λοιμός |
 Spanish: pestilencia, peste |
 Estonian: (hukutav) taud |
 Farsi: هر نوع بیماری همه گیر |
 Finnish: kulkutauti |
 French: peste |
 Hebrew: מָגֵפָה |
 Hindi: महामारी |
 Croatian: kuga, pošast |
 Hungarian: dögvész |
 Indonesian: wabah penyakit |
 Icelandic: plága, farsótt, drepsótt; |
 Italian: pestilenza, peste |
 Japanese: ペスト |
 Korean: 역병, 전염병 |
 Lithuanian: antkrytis, epidemija |
 Latvian: epidēmija, sērga |
 Malay: wabak |
 Dutch: pest |
 Norwegian: (far)sott, pest; svarteda |
 Polish: zaraza |
 Persian: هر نوع بیماری همه گیر |
 Pashto: دتاوو ن (طاعون ) ناروغى، |
 Portuguese: pestilência |
 Romanian: ciumă (bubonică); molimă |
 Russian: чума; мор |
 Slovak: mor |
 Slovenian: kuga |
 Serbian: kuga |
 Swedish: [böld]pest, farsot |
 Thai: โรคติดต่อร้ายแรง |
 Turkish: salgın ve öldürücü hastal |
 Taiwanese: 瘟疫 (尤指鼠疫) |
 Ukrainian: чума; мор |
 Urdu: وبائي مرض، طاعون |
 Vietnamese: bệnh dịch hạch |
 Chinese: 瘟疫 |
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