Associations to the word «Pestilence»
Noun
- Thebes
- Destruction
- War
- Vapour
- Satan
- Beast
- Cruelty
- Mankind
- Despair
- Midst
- Disaster
- Crop
- Cure
- Eclipse
- Wrath
- Weeds
- Plunder
- Anarchy
- Decay
- Consuming
- Barbarian
- Sacrifice
- Fury
- Victim
- Inhabitant
- Breed
- Mutant
- Demon
- Spread
- Trough
- Woe
- Death
- Flock
- Heaven
- God
- Deity
- Desert
- Prophet
- Hail
- Strife
- Thunder
- Punishment
- Rome
- Luxury
- Conquest
- Lightning
- Babylon
- Corpse
- Tyrant
- Darkness
- Horror
- Arrow
- Ruin
- Precaution
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
PESTILENCE, noun. Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
PESTILENCE, proper noun. The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.
Dictionary definition
PESTILENCE, noun. 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.
PESTILENCE, noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
PESTILENCE, noun. A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst".
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