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pestilence

noun as in epidemic

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In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death.

I’d love to see Harris and the Democrats start saying they have to “Drain the Swamp!” of this slimy pestilence.

From Salon

From the Middle Ages on, Paris’ early underground waste channels were a wellspring of public fascination — and a source of pestilence, criminality and existential dread.

Trump, who channels Mussolini when he isn’t plagiarizing Hitler, is, in fact, a pestilence preying on America and its freedoms.

The study is the first archaeological exploration showing how racism influenced a person's risk of death during what was known as the Great Pestilence or Great Mortality.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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