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virulent

/vir-yuh-luhnt, vir-uh-/US // ˈvɪr yə lənt, ˈvɪr ə- //UK // (ˈvɪrʊlənt) //

烈性的,剧烈的,烈性,剧毒的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
    • : Medicine/Medical. highly infective; malignant or deadly.
    • : Bacteriology. causing clinical symptoms.
    • : violently or spitefully hostile.
    • : intensely bitter, spiteful, or malicious: a virulent attack.

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Examples

  • Throughout the autumn, towns all over the Midwest in conservative states where Republican governors have avoided mask mandates have tried to pass their own restrictions, often prompting virulent community debate.

  • This didn’t work with such a virulent disease that started spreading around the world.

  • You can also see another period of excess deaths from December 2017 to January 2018, attributable to an unusually virulent flu strain that season.

  • To do so, we can use the fact that the virus has not become more or less virulent over the course of the pandemic.

  • This can be achieved by becoming a guest post rockstar and willing to withstand a lot of virulent rejections.

  • Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?

  • A trip to the doctor resulted in a diagnosis of Glioblastoma multiforme, an especially virulent cancer of the brain.

  • In America, anti-Semitism is less virulent and less violent.

  • The reaction from members on both sides of the aisle to the maneuver was virulent.

  • And opinions grew more virulent and befuddling on both sides.

  • The tobacco plant, as is well known, produces a virulent poison known as Nicotine.

  • The bacillus remains virulent a long time after it leaves the human body, but it is soon killed by sunlight.

  • If I add that he is in one respect to be included among the most virulent, I do not necessarily detract from his value.

  • The scientists of Sator knew that the virus was virulent; in fact, too virulent for its own good.

  • It was almost too abundant; like a rich, virulent weed it grew triumphant.