pestilence
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Origin of pestilence
1Other words from pestilence
- an·ti·pes·ti·lence, adjective
Words Nearby pestilence
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How to use pestilence in a sentence
He added a dramatic invocation to the gods to rain down pestilence, misfortune and curses on any later ruler who dared to contravene them.
What Ancient Laws Can Teach Us About Holding Autocrats to Account Today | Fernanda Pirie | December 23, 2021 | TimeWe take our pets, pests and pestilence with us wherever we go, and we go everywhere.
Timeless meditations on Earth’s fragility, and the damage humans do | Balaji Ravichandran | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostThis notion of pestilence as a “great equalizer” has remained in vogue ever since plague pop culture began.
Ebola Rages in West Africa, Reigniting Humanity’s Oldest Fear: The Plague | Scott Bixby | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn dramatic lore their names are Death, Destruction, pestilence, and Famine.
New York City Is the Storied Football Capital of the USA | Ben Jacobs | January 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the meantime, I do kind of hope he wins Iowa, so that he can spread some of that pestilence around the GOP.
Ron Paul: Batty Old Reactionary for President | Michael Tomasky | December 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
The coded “proofs” are everywhere: Floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and pestilence.
Cats, the Times told us, are a pestilence akin to gypsy moths and kudzu.
The War on Cats: Jonathan Franzen and Bird-Lovers Fight Back | Ben Crair | March 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTI cannot reconcile the idea of a tender Heavenly Father with the known horrors of war, slavery, pestilence, and insanity.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordOnly in the sensational moments of famine, flood or pestilence was a general social effort called forth.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThere is still mademoiselle, with her new-formed friends in Paris—may a pestilence blight them all!
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniAnd I will strike the inhabitants of this city, men and beasts shall die of a great pestilence.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousBut even an age of war and pestilence could be observed without torment from behind the protective shields of the Time Machine.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap Long
British Dictionary definitions for pestilence
/ (ˈpɛstɪləns) /
any epidemic outbreak of a deadly and highly infectious disease, such as the plague
such a disease
an evil influence or idea
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