pestilence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- epidemic disease hypernym
- bubonic plague hyponym
- pneumonic plague hyponym
- septicemic plague hyponym
Related & opposite
- plague derivation
Sense 2 noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Types & categories
- epidemic disease hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
Types & categories
- influence hypernym
Related & opposite
- baneful derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | epidemic disease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bubonic plague |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pneumonic plague |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | septicemic plague |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plague |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plaguey |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | epidemic disease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | baneful |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |