PESTILENCE

• (noun) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of

  "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation", "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"

  synonyms : canker

  Once addicted, it is very difficult to get rid of the canker of drug intake. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  something evil that spreads through a person's mind, an organization or a society: -added by arshnagpal

• (noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate

  synonyms : pest , plague

• (noun) 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

  synonyms : pest , pestis , plague

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