[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"virulence"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/virulency"]virulency[/URL]] [*]extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/virulency"]virulency[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/virulence"]http://www.word.sc/virulence[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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