virulent
/VEER-yuh-lunt/adjectiveextremely severe or harmful; bitterly hostile
“A virulent strain swept the poultry farms.”
- Synonyms
- poisonous, pernicious, vitriolic
- Antonyms
- harmless, benign
- Memory hook
- virus: potency turned hostile.
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