Определение pestilence в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating
The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when the seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. a disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people (pestilentia, from pestis; PEST)