virulent
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/ˈvɪɹjʊlənt/
English
Definitions
adjective
- (of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant or deadly.
- Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.“The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.”
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venomoustoxicblisteringcausticsulfuroussulphurousvitriolicacidacerbbitteracerbicacriddeadlyunpleasanthighly infectivevirulence