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Meaning of pestilence


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pestilence
      n 1: 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 [syn:
           {plague}, {pestilence}, {pest}, {pestis}]
      2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: {plague},
         {pestilence}, {pest}]
      3: 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" [syn:
         {pestilence}, {canker}]


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