virulence
Example Sentences
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Those could help researchers identify genes for virulence and other disease-related traits.
From Science Magazine
Applying it to someone like Scaramucci insinuates a level of virulence, as if he's a flare-up of some disease that can never be fully eradicated.
From Salon
“We ignore its virulence at our own peril.”
From Washington Post
Trump may have injected a special brand of virulence into Twitter his first go-round — but both average readers and the news media have, let’s hope, developed the antibodies to protect us from further harm.
From Washington Post
“It will embolden actors and increase the virulence in their hate speech.”
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
