Associations to the word «Pestilence»

Wiktionary

PESTILENCE, noun. Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
PESTILENCE, proper noun. The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.

Dictionary definition

PESTILENCE, noun. 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.
PESTILENCE, noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
PESTILENCE, 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".

Wise words

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