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virulence |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Virulence \Vir"u*lence\, Virulency \Vir"u*len*cy\, n. [Cf. F. virulence, L. virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: virulence n 1: extreme harmfulness; "the virulence of the plague" 2: extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
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