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    pestilence
    /ˈpɛstɪləns/

    noun

    • 1. a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague: archaic "neither prayers nor demonstrations halted the advance of the pestilence"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPESTILENCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PESTILENCE definition: 1. any very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people 2. a…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › pestilencePestilence Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PESTILENCE is a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating; especially : bubonic plague. How to use pestilence in a sentence.

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    PESTILENCE meaning: 1. any very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people 2. a…. Learn more.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pestilencePestilence - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Pestilence means a deadly and overwhelming disease that affects an entire community. The Black Plague, a disease that killed over thirty percent of Europe's population, was certainly a pestilence.

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    Pestilence definition: a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.. See examples of PESTILENCE used in a sentence.

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › pestilence_npestilence, n. & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    Meaning & use. noun. 1.a. a1382–. A fatal epidemic or disease, affecting people or animals; a plague; spec. (frequently in the pestilence) bubonic plague. Also: an instance of this. a1382. Whi shul ȝee dien, þou & þi puple, with swerd & hunger & pestilence [Latin peste]? Bible (Wycliffite, early version) (Bodleian MS. 959) (1969) Jeremiah xxvii. 13

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPESTILENCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpestilence noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of pestilence noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    Define pestilence. pestilence synonyms, pestilence pronunciation, pestilence translation, English dictionary definition of pestilence. n. 1. A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. 2. A pernicious, evil influence or agent. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...

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    pestilence meaning, definition, what is pestilence: a disease that spreads quickly and kills...: Learn more.