Synonyms for Pestilent (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (exceedingly harmful):
baneful, deadly, pernicious
WordNet sense 2 (injurious to physical or mental health):
harmful, noxious
WordNet sense 3 (likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease):
pestiferous, pestilential, plaguey
WordNet sense 4 ((especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously):
epidemic
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