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pestilential::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pestiferous, pestilent, plaguey |
| Derivation | pestilence |
a pestilential malignancy in the air.
Examples of pestilential
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Our national animal is a pestilential rodent, but by gaw, it can build stuff.
From the emotionalumbrella.com
They reckoned without the difficult terrain, the pestilential climate, and the perfidious English.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Hamelin was overrun by a nuisance of pestilential proportions.
From the time.com
Millions more have died while toiling in cramped, pestilential conditions with meager food rations.
From the time.com
Where would we be if someone did not locate us on a scale of the 250 most desirable or pestilential cities?
From the time.com
It's the only sure-fire way of preventing the spread of their pestilential ideology amongst otherwise healthy minds.
From the guardian.co.uk
Historically, the pestilential swamps of the Sudd discouraged expansion into the deeper south of the country.
From the en.wikipedia.org
But it's huge, pestilential fun to watch.
From the entertainment.time.com
For 2,000 years, gumdrop-shaped Hainan Island was considered a good-for-nothing land of exiles, pirates and pestilential climate.
From the online.wsj.com
- Pestilent: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
- (pestilence) plague: 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: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- (pestilence) 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"
- (Pestilence (band)) Pestilence is a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence has reunited in 2008. ...
- (Pestilence (comics)) Pestilence is a comic book supervillain who has battled the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight. ...
- (Pestilence (Velvet Acid Christ album)) Pestilence is the second album by electronic music artist, Velvet Acid Christ. It was re-released in 2004 as Between the Eyes, Vol. 3.
- Producing pestilence or plague; pestilent
- (Pestilence) (N) -something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
