Associations to the word «Virulent»

Wiktionary

VIRULENT, adjective. (chiefly medicine) (of a disease or disease-causing agent) Highly infectious, malignant, or deadly.
VIRULENT, adjective. Hostile to the point of being venomous; intensely acrimonious.

Dictionary definition

VIRULENT, adjective. Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite".
VIRULENT, adjective. Infectious; having the ability to cause disease.
VIRULENT, adjective. Harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique".

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad