Defenition of the word pestilence

• Defenition of the word pestilence

  • a pernicious evil influence
  • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection transmitted by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
  • 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 for the word pestilence

• • bubonic plague
  • deadly disease
  • endemic
  • epidemic
  • pandemic
  • plague
  • virulent disease
  • virus

Similar words in the pestilence

• • pestilence
  • pestilence's
  • pestilences

Hyponyms for the word pestilence

• • bubonic plague
  • glandular plague
  • pestis bubonica
  • plague pneumonia
  • pneumonic plague
  • pulmonic plague
  • septicemic plague

Hypernyms for the word pestilence

• • epidemic disease
  • infectious disease
  • influence

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