Superplague

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very dangerous and infectious plague.

    "She depicts the mixture of terror and sang-froid as people stay riveted to the TV, watching superplague mark its serpentine course across the map even as they go about their own business."

Example

More examples

"She depicts the mixture of terror and sang-froid as people stay riveted to the TV, watching superplague mark its serpentine course across the map even as they go about their own business."

Etymology

From super- + plague.

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