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virulent

[vir-yuh-luhnt, vir-uh-]

adjective

  1. actively poisonous; intensely noxious.

    a virulent insect bite.

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  2. Medicine/Medical.Ģżhighly infective; malignant or deadly.

  3. Bacteriology.Ģżcausing clinical symptoms.

  4. violently or spitefully hostile.

  5. intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious.

    a virulent attack.

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virulent

/ ˈ±¹ÉŖ°łŹŠ±ōə²Ō³Ł /

adjective

    1. (of a microorganism) extremely infective

    2. (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect

  1. extremely poisonous, injurious, etc

  2. extremely bitter, hostile, etc

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • virulently adverb
  • hypervirulent adjective
  • hypervirulently adverb
  • nonvirulent adjective
  • nonvirulently adverb
  • supervirulent adjective
  • supervirulently adverb
  • unvirulent adjective
  • unvirulently adverb
  • ˈ±¹¾±°ł³Ü±ō±š²Ō³Ł±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of virulent1

1350–1400; Middle English verulent < Latin ±¹Ä«°ł³Ü±ō±š²Ō³Ł³Ü²õ, equivalent to ±¹Ä«°ł ( us ) poison ( virus ) + -ulentus -ulent
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of virulent1

C14: from Latin ±¹Ä«°łulentus full of poison, from ±¹Ä«°łus poison; see virus
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The virulent Delta variant, for example, appeared in the spring of 2021 and was overtaken by the Omicron variant, which also caused severe disease, that November.

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But the malady afflicting much of the Dodgers lineup seems to have infected the third baseman with a particularly virulent strain.

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The unflinching fact is that the Trump virus is still virulent and viable.

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Thus, the cycle would continue, with that ideology spreading throughout X, TikTok and Instagram Reels like a virulent sickness.

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Trump didn’t invent the poison that has worked its way into the vitals of American society, but he’s its most prominent pusher and a carrier of its most virulent effects.

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