pandemic
noun/pænˈdɛmɪk/
Frequency rank: #6,206 most common English word
Meaning
an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a whole country or the entire world
Example sentence
The entire world was affected by pandemic that spread across every continent in 2020.
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