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English noun: pestilence | |||
| 1. | pestilence (state) 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 | pest, pestis, plague | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | epidemic disease | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica, plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, septicemic plague | ||
| 2. | pestilence (state) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | ||
| Synonyms | pest, plague | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | epidemic disease | ||
| 3. | pestilence (cognition) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | ||
| Samples | Racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation. According to him, I was the canker in their midst. | ||
| Synonyms | canker | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | influence | ||
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