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pest

/pɛst/

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noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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pestilence plague

type of:
epidemic disease
noun
a persistently annoying person
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blighter cuss gadfly pesterer

type of:
persecutor tormenter tormentor
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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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pestilence pestis plague

type of:
epidemic disease
noun
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
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"he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests" "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"

type of:
animate being beast brute animal creature fauna

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