noun
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an attack by a hostile army.
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prevalence of epidemic diseases as serious contagious diseases, in a community at a time usu. for a relatively longer time.
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an afflicted condition; pain; suffering; affliction; trouble.
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extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
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confused state of being; agitation; noisy disturbance; commotion.
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a wonderful or astonishing thing; prodigy or miracle.