pestilence
21pestilence — noun Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. The snowshoe rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence… …
22pestilence — [[t]pe̱stɪləns[/t]] pestilences N VAR Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. [LITERARY] Syn: plague …
23Pestilence weed — Pestilence Pes ti*lence, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See {Pestilent}.] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [1913 Webster] The pestilence… …
24Pestilence (band) — For other uses, see Pestilence (disambiguation). Pestilence Background information Origin Enschede …
25Pestilence (comics) — Superherobox| caption = comic color =background:#ff8080 character name =Pestilence real name =F.R. Crozier publisher =Marvel Comics debut = Alpha Flight #36 [Vol.1] creators = Bill Mantlo David Ross alliance color =background:#ffc0c0 status… …
26pestilence — /pes tl euhns/, n. 1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. 2. See bubonic plague. 3. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. [1275 1325; ME < MF < L pestilentia. See PESTILENT, ENCE] * * * …
27pestilence — Synonyms and related words: Black Death, affliction, ambulatory plague, bane, black death, black plague, blight, bubonic plague, bugbear, burden, calamity, cancer, canker, cellulocutaneous plague, crushing burden, curse, death, defervescing… …
28pestilence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. disease, plague, epidemic. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. epidemic, plague, endemic, sickness; see disease . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. epidemic, pandemic, virus, plague, disease, contagion, infection …
29pestilence — pes|ti|lence [ˈpestıləns] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin pestilentia, from pestis; PEST] literary a disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people …
30pestilence — pes|ti|lence [ pestıləns ] noun count or uncount LITERARY a serious disease that spreads fast and kills many people …