pestilence




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
  • any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  • a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
  • pestilence - thesaurus

    canker   pest   pestis   plague