Pestilence (6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pestilence</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for plague that I've seen before include "Epidemic diseases with high mortality" , "Badger" , "Epidemic disease with a high death rate" , "Outbreak of a deadly disease, or infestation of pest like locusts" , "Lethal epidemic" .)
(Other definitions for pox that I've seen before include "illness" , "Disease that brings skin eruptions" , "Virus disease leaving pockmarks" .)