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virulent

(= venomous) extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom venomous snakes a virulent insect bite infectious; having the ability to cause disease (= acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, vitriolic) harsh or corrosive in tone an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose a barrage of acid comments her acrid remarks make her many enemies bitter words blistering criticism caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics a sulfurous denunciation a vitriolic critique

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From whom? - From a virulent and fatal poison.
Poverty is not the lack of anything, but a positive plague, virulent in itself, contagious as cholera, with filth, criminality, vice and despair as only a few of its symptoms.
Something which, in layman's terms. so affected the insecticide that from a mildly virulent germ spray. it created deadly chemical reversal of the growth process.
It's a virulent poison. You won't feel a thing.
Whatever this disease is, it's virulent and could be contagious.
It appears that this virus is more virulent than I suspected.
It's a virulent strain.
But more virulent than any known specie.
The most virulent form of the bacteria will be ready for release in half a Spiridon day.
Virulent madness.
A virulent disease!
Virulent, extremely persistent, yet I can't isolate it.
In every war, natural disaster, even the most virulent plague, there are always survivors.
This is the most virulent strain of poison I've ever come across.
It's the most virulent kind of plague there is.
I've asked Dr. Murger here to express his opinions to us, because the possibility was thought to exist that some virulent form of venereal disease has been responsible.
A virulent disease, often terminal.
That's the most virulent strain.
It just isn't that virulent.
He picked up a non-virulent strain of some kind.
Obviously this plague-doomsday scenario is considerably more compelling. when reality supports it with a virulent disease. whether it's the bubonic plague, smallpox or AIDS.
We now believe he was subjected to a virulent strain of virus whose origin and behaviour are also unexplainable.
I'm afraid this strain of the phage is particularly virulent.
All signs indicate a virulent germ.
Or even worse, viri, as in virulent.
The plague is more virulent than ever.
Obviously, this plague-doomsday scenario is more compelling. when reality supports it with a virulent disease, whether it's the bubonic plague, smallpox or AIDS.
It produces an extraordinarily virulent toxin.
And now she's part of that virulent threat.
It's inert now, but in its virulent state, it attacked the drones and killed them.
Are you suggesting a virulent foreign vector? Your specimens are your garden-variety calliphorid, harmless as, well, flies.

News and current affairs

But an increasingly virulent and violent clash of cultures is emerging in Europe - particularly in France, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands - between Islam and the humanitarian, Christian, and Jewish traditions.
Today's brand of illiberal leaders may not yet be as politically virulent as their 1930s predecessors.
This is a function of a particularly virulent strain of cholera and underlying issues: a weak national health system, poor sanitary conditions, and a lack of clean water and other basic services.
Eventually, however, India has no choice: there are already sporadic riots over water shortage, while water tankers move under armed guard in some cities, and virulent conflicts arise between communities over water-sharing.
Not surprisingly, the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979 brought a wave of virulent anti-Americanism in its wake.
It is a highly virulent influenza virus such as this that is devastating chickens in parts of Asia.
Today, the most virulent examples of such minority and ethnic assertions of their group rights are to be found in Afghanistan.
The word stagnation suggests a swamp, implying a breeding ground for virulent dangers.
Nationalism today is not nearly as virulent as it was in the 1930s, because economic distress is much less pronounced.
While the chance of a perfect storm - with all of these risks materializing in their most virulent form - is low, any one of them alone would be enough to stall the global economy and tip it into recession.
The prevailing theory held a virulent strain of the dengue virus responsible.
On the contrary, it is only when these viruses enter a high-density poultry operation that they mutate into something far more virulent.
The electorate also said no to the more virulent forms of nationalism, leaving the right-wing extremist parties marginalized.
In a time of severe economic crisis, European ideals remain, in spite of everything, the only efficient antidote to virulent nationalism.
Today's brand of illiberal leaders may not yet be as politically virulent as their 1930s predecessors. But their economic corporatism and autocratic style are similar.
The Nazis must have reveled in the knowledge that their virulent anti-Semitism found an echo - sometimes not so faint - in the rest of Europe.
This approach failed spectacularly when it was adopted in the 1970s, causing the Fed to underestimate virulent inflation.
While reports that cater to the sometimes virulent nationalist sentiments of readers, viewers, and listeners can succeed in garnering a larger market share - as in any other capitalist country - they can also mislead.
Poland had even disappeared from the map of Europe - the victim of its immediate neighbors' virulent greed.
China's unilateral behavior has exposed a strain of virulent anti-Chinese sentiment bubbling beneath the surface in many Asian countries.
So virulent is the dispute that even a short-term settlement will require third-party mediation.
I was taken aback by his scathing, virulent remarks about Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko and former Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko.

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