 pestilent |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] exceedingly harmful | |
| Synonyms: | deadly pernicious baneful | |
| Related terms: | noxious | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease | |
| Synonyms: | pestilential pestiferous plaguey plaguelike | |
| Examples: | "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift "plaguelike diseases" "plaguey fevers" |
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| Related terms: | epidemic | |
| Similar spelling: |
pestilential pestilence pestle pesthole pastille |
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