pest
noun
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any unwanted and destructive insect or animal that attacks food or crops or livestockβThe gardener sprayed the garden to get rid of pests.β
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a persistently annoying persongadflycussblighterpesterer
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any epidemic disease with a high death ratepestilenceplague
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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 animalpestilenceplaguepestis