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pest — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

pest is used for these senses in English:

  • pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
  • plague (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.

plague — full definition

  1. noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
  2. noun A widespread, serious problem or nuisance.
  3. verb To trouble or afflict someone persistently.

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