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Word: Pestilence
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (also denoting something morally corrupting): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis ‘a plague’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɛstɪləns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague
Short Definition:fatal epidemic disease
Examples:- neither prayers nor demonstrations halted the advance of the pestilence
- she died of pestilence
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