virulency
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Immediately he sent for a dozen ferrets on which to test the virulency of the germs which were causing the Hagerstown trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thirdly, from the virulency of the liquor it ejects, and the sad effects and symptoms that follow it.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert
The mortality at times has proved very great in this disease when it has appeared with unusual virulency.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
And the prophets, in spite of their virulency, produced the highest forms of artistic beauty.
From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert
Satirical virulency may vex men sorely, but it hardly ever soundly converts them.
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac
