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Meanings of virulent in English

Being harsh or corrosive in tone.

sulphurousvenomousvitriolicacerbacerbic
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toxic unpleasant

Infectious; having the ability to cause disease.

avirulent
Usage of virulent in English
1
Recent press reaction to asylum seekers arriving in Britain seems uniquely virulent.
The Guardian
2
Strikingly, four Isd mutants express substantial resistance to virulent fungal pathogen isolates.
Pubmed
3
Russian contagion will definitely not prove as virulent as the Asian phenomenon.
The Irish Times
4
The absence of gravity appears to make bacteria more virulent, researchers say.
Wired
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Adjective
Used in
Ireland · United States of America · United Kingdom
Most used in
1975
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