pestilence English

Meaning pestilence meaning

What does pestilence mean?

pestilence

— noun (= 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

— noun (= plague) any epidemic disease with a high death rate

— noun (= 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

Synonyms pestilence synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pestilence?

pestilence English » English

plague

epidemic

pest

infectious disease

epidemic disease

pestis

pandemic

contagious disease

canker

black death

pox

outbreak

murrain

moor

loimia

infection

high mortality

great calamity

famines

disease

bubonic plague

blight

blast

Topics pestilence topics

What do people use pestilence to talk about?

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• What words refer to a time when many people are sick from the same disease?
  epidemic plague outbreak pestilence