pestilence

pestilence /'pestiləns/
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Xem thêm: plague, pest, pestis, plague, pest, canker



pestilence

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • 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; plague, pest, pestis
  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate; plague, pest
  • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; canker

    racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation

    according to him, I was the canker in their midst

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

pestilences
syn.: disease epidemic plague