plague

Pest

The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis

• She avoided him like the plague.

  Sie mied ihn wie die Pest.

  Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Tom has been avoiding me like the plague ever since he borrowed my car.

  Tom meidet mich wie die Pest, seit er sich meinen Wagen geliehen hat.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Pest

An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but especially that caused by the above disease

Pest

A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution

Pest

A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates

Pest

A group of common grackles (a blackbird), especially when flocking to e.g. parking lots at nightselten