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Pest

/pˈɛst/
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(noun) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

Get off me you little pest!
Dammit, that pest Nagisa, she really went and snitched on me to the teachers.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer called an exterminator to deal with the ____ that had been destroying his crops.

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