One can't discount a global disaster like a virulent plague.
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Virulent
/ˈvɪɹ(j)ʊl(ə)nt/
Synonyms for "virulent" (181 found)
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Adjective(9 words)
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internecinekeenkillinglethalmaleficmalevolentmaliciousmalignmalignantmephiticmiasmalmiasmaticmiasmicmischievousmordaciousmordantmortalnastynoisomenoxious
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ominousoutrageouspenetratingperniciouspestiferouspestilentialpiercingpoignantpoisonpoisonousprejudicialquarrelsomerancorousrankledrepugnantresentfulresentingrigorousroughsarcasticsavagescathefulscathingsepticset againstseveresharpsorespitefulspleneticsplittingstabbingstewingstingingstridentstringenttarttoughtoxictoxicanttoxiferoustrenchanttruculentunconscionableunfriendlyunhealthyunwholesomevehementvenenateveneniferousvenenousvenomousviciousviolentvitriolic
Adjective(13 words)
lethalpathogenicpathogenic bacilluspathogenic bacteriumpathogenic bacterium genomepathogenic microbepathogenic organismpoisonoussulfuroussulphuroustoxicvenomousvitriolic
Noun(2 words)
pathogenic funguspathogenic potential
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Ebola is one of the most virulent viruses known to man.
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There are seven coronaviruses that can affect people. The common cold is one, as are its more virulent cousins: SARS, severe acute respiratory virus, and MERS, Middle East respiratory virus.
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Parisians marked dusk on the first day of their coronavirus lockdown this week by stepping out on their balconies and throwing open their windows to cheer and applaud the front-line fighting of doctors and nurses of the virulent viral enemy that has upended life around the world.
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