Synonymer till pestilence
substantiv
- (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) plague; pest; pestis; pestilence
- (any epidemic disease with a high death rate) plague; pest; pestilence
- (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of) canker; pestilence