the black death

noun

variants or the Black Death
: a deadly disease (called bubonic plague) that spread through Asia and Europe in the 14th century

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And in the centuries after the black death, there was a spectacular rebound. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024

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