There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
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Pestilence
/ˈpɛstələn(t)s/
Synonyms for "pestilence" (65 found)
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cancercankercellulocutaneous plaguecrushing burdencursedeathdefervescing plaguedestructiondiseaseepidemicepiphytoticepizooticevilglandular plaguegrievanceharmhemorrhagic plagueinfliction
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"Let the minutes show that Mary, the cat, the dog and the hidden pestilence in this home have all attended the family meeting," said Tom.
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Scarce stand the vessels hauled upon the beach, / and bent on marriages the young men vie / to till new settlements, while I to each / due law dispense and dwelling place supply, / when from a tainted quarter of the sky / rank vapours, gathering, on my comrades seize, / and a foul pestilence creeps down from high / on mortal limbs and standing crops and trees, / a season black with death, and pregnant with disease.
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And they said: The God of the Hebrews hath called us, to go three days' journey into the wilderness, and to sacrifice to the Lord our God; lest a pestilence or the sword fall upon us.
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