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  1. relating to or causing very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people: Smallpox is clearly the worst of the pestilential diseases. In the story, a pestilential fog envelops every population centre in the country. full of insects or small animals that are dirty or cause disease :

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      INFECTIOUS definition: 1. (of a disease) able to be passed...

  2. 1. a. : causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly. b. : of or relating to pestilence. 2. : morally harmful : pernicious. 3. : giving rise to vexation or annoyance : irritating.

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  4. Pestilential definition: producing or tending to produce pestilence. . See examples of PESTILENTIAL used in a sentence.

  5. Loss of life on a large scale; abnormal frequency of death, as by war or pestilence; (formerly) spec. †a visitation of deadly plague (obsolete). plague a1475– Any infectious disease which spreads rapidly and has a high mortality rate; an epidemic of such a disease.

  6. adjective. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease. “"a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift” synonyms: pestiferous, pestilent, plaguey. epidemic. (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously. Cite this entry. Style:

  7. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. bubonic plague. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil. pestilence. / ˈpɛstɪləns / noun. any epidemic outbreak of a deadly and highly infectious disease, such as the plague. such a disease. an evil influence or idea. Discover More. Other Words From. an ti·pes ti·lence adjective.

  8. 6 days ago · pestilential in American English. (ˌpɛstəˈlɛnʃəl ) adjective. 1. of, causing, or likely to cause pestilence or infection. 2. like or constituting a pestilence; widespread and deadly. 3. pernicious; dangerous; harmful.

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