Textual thesaurus for "pestilence"

(noun) canker

a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of

racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation; according to him, I was the canker in their midst

(noun) pest, plague

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

(noun) pest, pestis, plague

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