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PESTILENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Example:
plaguey fevers
Synonyms:
pestiferous; pestilent; pestilential; plaguey
Classified under:
Similar:
epidemic ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously)
Derivation:
pestilence (any epidemic disease with a high death rate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exceedingly harmful
Synonyms:
baneful; deadly; pernicious; pestilent
Classified under:
Similar:
noxious (injurious to physical or mental health)
Derivation:
pestilence (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of)
