[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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