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Meanings of pestilence in English

Portuguese
praga
Catalan
pesta
Spanish
plaga

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.

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        praga

        A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of.

              Usage of pestilence in English
              1
              Some people use it whenever possible; some avoid it as a pestilence.
              The book of xen
              2
              War and pestilence are intimately associated in the mind of the Babylonians.
              The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
              3
              It is now the year 1665; is not the pestilence in London?
              Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
              4
              There are worse things than pestilence in the wilderness, the woman replied.
              The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
              5
              No great external calamity has visited the nation; no pestilence or famine.
              Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches
              6
              It was a formidable campaign; a nocturnal battle against pestilence and suffocation.
              Les Misérables
              7
              The pestilence had broken out in Athens accompanied by shocks of earthquake.
              Historical Miniatures
              8
              And now within the city starvation set in, and a pestilence spread.
              The Gracchi Marius and Sulla / Epochs of Ancient History
              9
              The Bishop of Rochester said the scheme had been like a pestilence.
              Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
              10
              The pestilence which is the usual accompaniment of war was called influenza.
              Heartbreak House
              11
              A pestilence had destroyed the tribe inhabiting the place where they landed.
              A Brief History of the United States
              12
              Of course the wine and spirit must be shunned like a pestilence.
              The Wings of the Morning
              13
              War, famine, and pestilence, the usual cures for corruption in bodies politic.
              A Tale of a Tub
              14
              This pestilence did not remain confined within the walls of a monastery.
              The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas / 1920
              15
              But Anne recovered, the pestilence ceased, and Henry resumed the divorce proceedings.
              Historical Miniatures
              16
              They were a blight, a pestilence, defying His wishes at every turn.
              The god machine
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              Translations for pestilence
              Catalan
              pestaplaga
              Spanish
              plagapeste
              Pestilence through the time
              Pestilence across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common