eng: pestilence

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Meaning
means	(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 pestis, plague, pestilence, pest
means	(noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate pest, plague, pestilence
means	(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" canker, pestilence