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  1. 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.

  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.

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

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPESTILENCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    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.

  6. www.yourdictionary.com › pestilencePestilence Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Noun. Pronoun. Filter. noun. Any virulent or fatal contagious or infectious disease, esp. one of epidemic proportions, as bubonic plague. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A pernicious, evil influence or agent. American Heritage. Anything, as a doctrine, regarded as harmful or dangerous. Webster's New World. Synonyms: sickness. epidemic.

  7. 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.

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

    Noun. Expand. A fatal epidemic or disease, affecting people or animals; a… 2. figurative. That which is morally or socially pernicious… 3. figurative. That which plagues or troubles; disaster… † Adverb. colloquial. Used to intensify a statement: confoundedly… Earlier version. pestilence, n. (adv.) in OED Second Edition (1989) In other dictionaries.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryAll resources related to 'pestilence' - Collins Online Dictionary

    Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. [literary] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'pestilence' American English: pɛstɪlənsBritish English: pestɪləns. More. Synonyms of 'pestilence' • plague, epidemic, visitation, pandemic [...] • affliction, cancer, curse, blight [...] More.