Pest and Plague

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Pest

Pest noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.
Usage example: one of the great pests of the 20th century was the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed millions across the globe
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Plague is a synonym for pest in affliction topic. In some cases you can use "Plague" instead a noun "Pest", when it comes to topics like blight, infection. popular alternative

Plague

Plague noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.
Usage example: the Black Death was a plague that killed about one third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages
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Pest is a synonym for plague in nuisance topic. You can use "Pest" instead a noun "Plague", if it concerns topics such as annoyance, blight, pestilence. archaic substitute
Nearby Words: plagued, plaguing

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common common pest common plague
nasty nasty pest nasty plague
real real pest real plague
massive massive pest massive plague
Other adjectives: evil, major, vampiric.
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