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чума́ — meaning in English

chuma

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English meaning

  • pest noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
  • pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

чума́ is used for these senses in English:

  • pest (now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
  • 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 (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.

pest — full definition

  1. noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
  2. noun An annoying person, especially one who keeps bothering others.

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