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UK
/vˈɪɹələnt/
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[ US /ˈvɪɹəɫənt/ ]
[ US /ˈvɪɹəɫənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- infectious; having the ability to cause disease
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harsh or corrosive in tone
bitter words
an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
blistering criticism
a sulfurous denunciation
her acrid remarks make her many enemies
a vitriolic critique
a barrage of acid comments -
extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
venomous snakes
a virulent insect bite
How To Use virulent In A Sentence
- For example, certain protein receptors are common to a colicin and a virulent phage; others, like the fig product, can adsorb a bacteriocin, virulent phages of distinct origins, and even a temperate phage.
- For example, certain protein receptors are common to a colicin and a virulent phage; others, like the fig product, can adsorb a bacteriocin, virulent phages of distinct origins, and even a temperate phage.
- Sed vt bonis et cordatis omnibus, etiam extraneis, satisfaciam qui maledicentiam istam Germanicam lecturi vel audituri sunt, aut olim audierint, ne et hi nos meritò calumniam tantam sustinere credant: Tum etiam vt alios qui istis virulentis rhythmis A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas
- Once the new bacteriophage is packaged, the now-virulent viruses lyse the host cell and escape into the surrounding medium to infect other hosts, producing further progeny.
- Her longings grew more varied and virulent with each passing year: raw pig meat, Hawaiian pineapples infeasible to procure in revolutionary Cuba, chewing tobacco, cockscomb stew. The Lady Matador’s Hotel
- They try, judge and convict individuals who cannot defend themselves from such virulent attacks.
- The virus is particularly virulent for humans, horses, and gamebirds.
- Instead of millions of vulnerable hosts to evolve within back then, we now have billions of chickens intensively confined in factory farms, arguably the Perfect Storm environment for the emergence and spread of hypervirulent, so-called "predator-type" viruses like H5N1. Kathy Freston: Flu Season: Factory Farming Could Cause A Catastrophic Pandemic
- An old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face.
- For many on the right in the UK, Atlanticism has become synonymous with a self-defeating, virulent Euroscepticism that is bad for Britain. Labour: UK should integrate key defence decisions with Europe