virulent

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin virus "poison, slime, venom".

[edit] Adjective

virulent (comparative more virulent, superlative most virulent)

Positive
virulent

Comparative
more virulent

Superlative
most virulent

  1. (mainly medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent, highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
  2. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.
    The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.

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