virulencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈvɪr.ə.ləns/us/ˈvɪr.jə.ləns/the danger and speed of spreading of a disease:
The virulence of the disease is causing great concern in medical circles.
formal very strong feelings of hating or opposing something or someone:
We are witnessing racism of a virulence that we haven't seen in Europe since the 1940s.
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Passing on illness & causing disease
- carrier
- carry
- catch
- communicable
- epidemic
- harbour
- incubate
- infect
- infected
- infest
- insalubrious
- mediastinum
- non-communicable
- prophylactic
- transmission
- transmit
- unhygienic
- vector
- verminous
- virulent
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Feelings of dislike and hatred
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