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Definition of pestilence in English: pestilencenoun ˈpɛstɪl(ə)nsˈpɛstələns archaic A fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. 〈古〉恶性传染病，瘟疫（尤指鼠疫） neither prayers nor demonstrations halted the advance of the pestilence mass noun she died of pestilence Example sentencesExamples - The physician's challenge is the curing of disease, educating the people in the laws of health, and preventing the spread of plagues and pestilences.
- He ordered the nearby swamps and marshes in the city of Salinus to be drained, in order to prevent an unknown pestilence, probably malaria.
- Either the folk had died in the fire, died of the pestilence, or fled at first breath of either.
- The pestilence that destroyed so much of our agriculture industry has left a long shadow, and no one would claim that everything today is back to normal.
- He argues that there is clear evidence for the pestilence having been plague, rather than other diseases that have been suggested such as anthrax.
Synonyms plague, bubonic plague, the Black Death disease, contagious disease, contagion, infection, sickness, epidemic, pandemic archaic the pest, lues
OriginMiddle English (also denoting something morally corrupting): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis 'a plague'. Definition of pestilence in US English: pestilencenounˈpestələnsˈpɛstələns archaic A fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. 〈古〉恶性传染病，瘟疫（尤指鼠疫） neither prayers nor demonstrations halted the advance of the pestilence mass noun she died of pestilence Example sentencesExamples - The pestilence that destroyed so much of our agriculture industry has left a long shadow, and no one would claim that everything today is back to normal.
- The physician's challenge is the curing of disease, educating the people in the laws of health, and preventing the spread of plagues and pestilences.
- He argues that there is clear evidence for the pestilence having been plague, rather than other diseases that have been suggested such as anthrax.
- Either the folk had died in the fire, died of the pestilence, or fled at first breath of either.
- He ordered the nearby swamps and marshes in the city of Salinus to be drained, in order to prevent an unknown pestilence, probably malaria.
Synonyms plague, bubonic plague, the black death
OriginMiddle English (also denoting something morally corrupting): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis ‘a plague’. |