virulentadjective
uk/ˈvɪr.ə.lənt/us/ˈvɪr.jə.lənt/A virulent disease or poison is dangerous and spreads or affects people very quickly:
A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region.
formal full of hate and violent opposition:
She is a virulent critic of US energy policy.
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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
- virulence
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Opposing & against
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