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English 2 senses of the word pestilent:
ADJECTIVEallpestilent, baneful, deadly, perniciousexceedingly harmful
allpestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plagueylikely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
Englishpestilent: 2 senses adjective 1
MeaningExceedingly harmful.
Synonymsbaneful, deadly, pernicious
Broadernoxiousinjurious to physical or mental health
Spanishfunesto, letal, mortal, perniciosa, pernicioso
Nounspestilencea pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
Englishpestilent: 2 senses adjective 2
Meaninglikely to spread and cause an epidemic disease.
Example"a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift
Synonymspestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
Broaderepidemic(especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease
Nounspestilenceany epidemic disease with a high death rate

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