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pestilence
Definition:
(nou) 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 (nou) any epidemic disease with a high death rate (nou) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
Phonetic Transcription:
ˈpestɪləns
Examples:
Famine followed the war and pestilence.
He is relentless to the point of pestilence.
His wife died of the pestilence.
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