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pestilent
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pestilent in WordNet English dictionary
adjective
exceedingly harmful
baneful
deadly
pernicious
pestilent
likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
"a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
pestilent
pestilential
pestiferous
plaguey
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