pestilence
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pestilence (plural pestilences)
- Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides
- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when the seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart Earth Abides

