What is the meaning of Pestilence?

  • (n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
  • (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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