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pests
noun(pest)
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Synonyms: pestilence, plague,
pests
noun(pest)
a persistently annoying person
Synonyms: blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer,
pests
noun(pest)
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
Synonyms: pestilence, pestis, plague,
pests
noun(pest)
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
Examples:
He sprayed the garden to get rid of pests.
Many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides.

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