Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of animals, plants, or substances: extremely venomous or poisonous.

    hochgiftig

    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom

  2. (figuratively)Extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious.

    The politicians were virulent in their hatred of the president.

    bösartig, boshaft

  3. Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.

    virulent, extrem ansteckend, bösartig

    заразныйzaraznyj

    infectious; having the ability to cause disease

  4. Of a pathogen: replicating within its host cell, then immediately causing it to undergo lysis.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. One can't discount a global disaster like a virulent plague.

  2. Ebola is one of the most virulent viruses known to man.

  3. The virulent plague ravaged the whole planet, as many places became ghost towns.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
malignant, able to cause damage to the host:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
extremely venomous or poisonous:
extremely hostile or malicious; intensely acrimonious:
malignant, able to cause damage to the host:

Forms

more virulent, most virulent
Comparativemore virulent Lesson
Superlativemost virulent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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