Meaning & use
Black Death
A devastating outbreak of bubonic plague that swept across Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s, killing a large portion of the population.
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Historians estimate the Black Death killed roughly a third of Europe's population in just a few years.
Trade routes across Asia and Europe helped spread the Black Death rapidly during the fourteenth century.
A note on using this word
The Black Death is the historical name most commonly used for this specific fourteenth-century pandemic, distinct from later plague outbreaks.
Words with a similar meaning
bubonic plague
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