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pestilential

[pes-tl-en-shuhl] / ˌpɛs tlˈɛn ʃəl /


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Pestilential marshes are drained, plagues are checked, and disasters averted. 

From War of the Classes by London, Jack

Perhaps a word more may be allowed in regard to the paper on Pestilential Disorders by Noah Webster.

From Priestley in America 1794-1804 by Smith, Edgar Fahs

Pestilential place, goal of whirlwinds and dust-devils, ankle-deep in desert drift—prototype of Berber in a sandstorm—as comfortless by night as day.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

Books of this kind lately published are, a short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, by Dr. Mead.

From Medicina Flagellata Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous

Many Authors have reckoned the Malignant, Petechial, and Pestilential, to be distinct Species of Fevers; and have treated each of them under a particular Head.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald




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