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virulence

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1. n. Alt. of Virulency Source: opted
2. n. extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) Source: wordnet
3. n. extreme hostility Source: wordnet
4. 1. The quality or state of being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy. 2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. "Refuted without satirical virulency." Barrow. The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of the other. I. Taylor. Source: webster
5. n:100 n. extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease) n. extreme hostility Source: ecdict

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