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pest

/pɛst/

Pest has 1 syllable.

pest
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noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.

noun. A persistently annoying person.

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.

noun. Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

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