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Significados de pestilence em inglês

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

Uso de pestilence em inglês
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Some people use it whenever possible; some avoid it as a pestilence.
The book of xen
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War and pestilence are intimately associated in the mind of the Babylonians.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
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It is now the year 1665; is not the pestilence in London?
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
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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...
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No great external calamity has visited the nation; no pestilence or famine.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches
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It was a formidable campaign; a nocturnal battle against pestilence and suffocation.
Les Misérables
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The pestilence had broken out in Athens accompanied by shocks of earthquake.
Historical Miniatures
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And now within the city starvation set in, and a pestilence spread.
The Gracchi Marius and Sulla / Epochs of Ancient History
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The Bishop of Rochester said the scheme had been like a pestilence.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
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The pestilence which is the usual accompaniment of war was called influenza.
Heartbreak House
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A pestilence had destroyed the tribe inhabiting the place where they landed.
A Brief History of the United States
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Of course the wine and spirit must be shunned like a pestilence.
The Wings of the Morning
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War, famine, and pestilence, the usual cures for corruption in bodies politic.
A Tale of a Tub
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This pestilence did not remain confined within the walls of a monastery.
The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas / 1920
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But Anne recovered, the pestilence ceased, and Henry resumed the divorce proceedings.
Historical Miniatures
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They were a blight, a pestilence, defying His wishes at every turn.
The god machine
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