virulent
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From Latin virus (“poison, slime, venom”).
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virulent (comparative more virulent, superlative most virulent)
- (chiefly medicine) 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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virulent m. (feminine virulenta, masculine plural virulents, feminine plural virulentes)
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virulent m. (f. virulente, m. plural virulents, f. plural virulentes)
