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pest
/pɛst/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
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
- noun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
- noun
a persistently annoying person
- noun
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests