pestilence

[Pes·ti*lence]

Pestilence means a deadly and overwhelming disease that affects an entire community. The Black Plague, a disease that killed over thirty percent of Europe's population, was certainly a pestilence.

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Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

Noun
a pernicious evil influence

Noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate


n.
Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

n.
Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.


Pestilence

Pes"ti*lence , n. [F. pestilence, L. 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.
2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
I'll pour this pestilence into his ear.
Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior.

Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

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