Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pestilence | Yes | No | No | No |
pest | Yes | No | No | No |
pestilence (noun) | pest (noun) |
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a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of | any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. |
any epidemic disease with a high death rate | a persistently annoying person |
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 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 |