Virulent
adjective
🇬🇧 /ˈvɪr.ə.lənt/
🇺🇸 /ˈvɪr.jə.lənt/
: (of a disease or poison) extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have an effect; showing strong negative and bitter feelings
— One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
— The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Noun: virulence
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adjective
🇬🇧 /ˈvɪr.ə.lənt/
🇺🇸 /ˈvɪr.jə.lənt/
: (of a disease or poison) extremely dangerous or harmful and quick to have an effect; showing strong negative and bitter feelings
Amaranta felt humiliated and told Pietro Crespi with a virulent anger that she was prepared to stop her sister's wedding even if her own dead body had to lie across the door.
— One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The harmless bacteria had somehow “transformed” into the virulent form.
— The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Noun: virulence
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