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Adverb for causing, or resulting in, injury or death
“Aristotle asserts that no pestilent disease similar to those by which men and quadrupeds suffered has ever attacked the fish.”
Adverb for infected or contaminated with infectious germs or toxins
“A quantity of small-pox matter not so big as a pin's head will produce many thousand pustules, each containing fifty times as much pestilent matter as was originally inserted.”
Adverb for easily, or capable of being, transmitted to others
“The unsanitary conditions create a perfect environment for infectious, contagious and pestilent disease.”
Adverb for causing annoyance, anger or frustration
“I shall touch this matter no further than to say that not long afterward, adequate preparations were made to remove this pestilent annoyance.”
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