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pest

noun
  1. any unwanted and destructive insect or animal that attacks food or crops or livestock
    β€œThe gardener sprayed the garden to get rid of pests.”
  2. a persistently annoying person
    gadflycussblighterpesterer
  3. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
    pestilenceplague
  4. 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
    pestilenceplaguepestis