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Seuche

epidemic

noun ZOY-khe Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Also means

plague

Usage Note

Seuche is a sweeping infectious disease or plague, often used of animals as in Tierseuche or Maul- und Klauenseuche (foot-and-mouth disease). It carries a heavier, more dramatic tone than the clinical Epidemie.

Examples

"Die mittelalterliche Seuche raffte ganze Dörfer dahin."

Natural Translation

The medieval plague wiped out whole villages.

Literal Translation

The medieval plague carried whole villages thither.

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