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pestilence

CEFR: C2

A devastating, highly fatal epidemic disease that wipes out massive populations; a plague.

Synonyms

plague
scourge

Common Collocations

deadly pestilence
sweep of pestilence

Example Sentence

The fourteenth-century pestilence drastically depleted Europe's agrarian labor force, overturning feudalism.

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