pestiferous
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William of Newburgh, a medieval English historian, recorded one account of a town devastated by such a monster, who was accused of filling “every house with disease and death by its pestiferous breath.”
From New York Times
When seedlings popped, I put collars around them to protect against pestiferous birds.
From Los Angeles Times
The program currently envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.
From Washington Post
The program envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.
From Seattle Times
The papal bull of 1520 excommunicating Luther from the Catholic Church, for example, accused him of promoting 41 heresies and “pestiferous errors.”
From National Geographic
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