DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
pestilence
/'pɛstələns/ · pɛstələns
Pestilence has 3 syllables: pes · ti · lence.
pes
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ti
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lence
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noun. Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.
noun. A pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of.
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.
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