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pestilent

DEFINITIONS OF: pestilent

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adj likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease

Synonyms:
pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey
epidemic
(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously

adj exceedingly harmful

Synonyms:
baneful, deadly, pernicious
noxious
injurious to physical or mental health
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