pestilence

Words with a similar base: pestilence

'pestilence'

[plague.n.01] as in: 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

'pestilence'

[plague.n.02] as in: any epidemic disease with a high death rate

'pestilence'

[pestilence.n.03] as in: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of

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