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capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another
- proper hand washing will help prevent the spread of most pestilent diseases
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2
causing annoyance
- pestilent reporters hounding him night and day
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- abrasive,
- aggravating,
- annoying,
- bothersome,
- carking,
- chafing,
- disturbing,
- exasperating,
- frustrating,
- galling,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- maddening,
- nettlesome,
- nettling,
- peeving,
- pesky,
- pestiferous,
- pestilential,
- pesty,
- plaguey
- (also plaguy),
- rankling,
- rebarbative,
- riling,
- vexatious,
- vexing
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3
likely to cause or capable of causing death
- pestilent diseases such as bubonic plague and smallpox
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The first known use of pestilent was in the 14th century
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