Word Meaning

Meaning of "pestilence" and the crossword clue

- Awful silence, pet! It's a plague!
- Awful silence, pet! It’s a plague!
- Epidemic disease
- Plague
- Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
- Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.