Something sent out, esp. a disaster, affliction, or plague sent by God.

figurative. With conscious metaphor: An act which causes pain, injury, or death; often, an act of divine chastisement or vengeance.

A particular affliction, calamity, or evil, esp. one interpreted as a sign of divine anger or justice, or as divine punishment or retribution…

The evil inflicted by divine (or supernatural) power in response to an imprecation, or in the way of retributive punishment.

Punishment imposed by God for wrongdoing. Hence: a misfortune or calamity regarded as a divine punishment, or as signifying God's displeasure; (in…

A stroke of divine judgement. Obsolete.