[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"virulent"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/deadly]deadly[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/venomous]venomous[/URL]] [*]infectious; having the ability to cause disease [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/avirulent]avirulent[/URL]] [*]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" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/acerb]acerb[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/acerbic]acerbic[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/acid]acid[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/acrid]acrid[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/bitter]bitter[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/blistering]blistering[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/caustic]caustic[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/sulfurous]sulfurous[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/sulphurous]sulphurous[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/venomous]venomous[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/vitriolic]vitriolic[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/virulent]http://www.word.sc/virulent[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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