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Epidemic

Alt. of Epidemical

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Epizootic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an epizoon.

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Epizootic 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an epizoon.

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Pandemic 84% connected

Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.

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Pandemic 84% connected

Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.

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Pestiferous 84% connected

Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

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Pestiferous 84% connected

Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

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Pestilent 84% connected

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

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Pestilent 84% connected

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

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Pestilential 84% connected

Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.

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Pestilential 84% connected

Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence.

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Eruption 76% connected

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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Irruption 76% connected

A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea.

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Outbreak 76% connected

A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.

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Pandemic 76% connected

Affecting a whole people or a number of countries; everywhere epidemic.

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