pestilences
Widespread fatal diseases
Pestilences is the plural of pestilence—deadly epidemic diseases or plagues, especially those seen as divine punishment or catastrophic in scale.
The word appears most often in biblical or literary contexts: wars, famines, and pestilences.
Figuratively, a pestilence can be any widespread evil or corrupting influence: the pestilence of misinformation.
Mass outbreaks of disease
- outbreaksSudden widespread occurrences
- contagionsTransmissible diseases
- epidemicsWidespread disease outbreaks
- pandemicsDiseases spanning whole continents
scourges · afflictions · diseases · infections · cholera · typhus · bubonic · smallpox
Mass outbreaks of disease
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- boilsHeats to bubbling
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
- divineOf or from gods
punishment · wrath · Moses · Pharaoh · Exodus · judgments · curses · tribulations
Destroys gradually, systematically
- scourgesSources of great suffering
- cursesSworn oaths or hexes
- menacesEndangers or intimidates
- evilsMorally harmful things
afflictions · torments · nuisances · troubles · corruptions · cancers · infestations · destroyers
plagues
Mass outbreaks of disease
- outbreaksSudden widespread occurrences
- contagionsTransmissible diseases
- epidemicsWidespread disease outbreaks
pandemics · scourges · afflictions · diseases · infections · cholera · typhus · bubonic · smallpox · fever
plagues
Mass outbreaks of disease
divine · punishment · wrath · Moses · Pharaoh · Exodus · judgments · curses · tribulations · prophecy
blights
Destroys gradually, systematically
evils · afflictions · torments · nuisances · troubles · corruptions · cancers · infestations · destroyers · ruinations
pestilenceshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · vitality · salubrity · robustness · wholesomeness
pestilencesblessings
Favors from the divine
abundance · prosperity · providence · divine favor · fertility