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typhus
noun as in spotted fever
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“Hitler was fighting communists and made multiple attempts to end the war. Most deaths in the camps were from typhus. Winston Churchill is one of the most evil men who ever lived,” Borysenko said.
In the U.S., most cases of flea-borne typhus occur in Texas, California and Hawaii, with an average of about 300 cases each year nationwide, according to the California Department of Public Health.
The Central City Assn. argued that a court order against destroying homeless people’s property impeded enforcement and fostered disorder and disease, including a typhus outbreak.
Outbreaks of cholera and typhus added to the mortality rate and the decision was taken to use the three-acre site near the Union Workhouse for burials.
He first marched to concentration camp Buchenwald and later on to Terezin, where he was liberated on the brink of death from exhaustion and typhus.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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