Loss of life, mortality, esp. from plague; plague, pestilence; an instance of this. Also figurative.

With distinguishing word, esp. in great death. Widespread mortality, esp. when caused by epidemic disease; an instance of this; an (outbreak of)…

Widespread loss of life, mortality, esp. from plague; plague, pestilence.

(= Latin plaga.) A plague. Obsolete.

A fatal epidemic or disease, affecting people or animals; a plague; spec. (frequently in the pestilence) bubonic plague. Also: an instance of this.

Now somewhat archaic. Infectious disease, plague, pestilence; an epidemic of such disease, a plague. Also figurative.

Loss of life on a large scale; abnormal frequency of death, as by war or pestilence; (formerly) spec. †a visitation of deadly plague (obsolete).

Any infectious disease which spreads rapidly and has a high mortality rate; an epidemic of such a disease.

A fatal epidemic disease; pestilence; spec. bubonic plague. Frequently with the. Now historical.

A disaster, calamity, plague.

A plague, pestilence; mischief, disaster; also figurative of a person, one who is a ‘pest’ or ‘plague’.

The quality of being mortal (in various senses).

Pestilence; plague.