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
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
These cultures, left alone without any possible external contamination, undergo, in the course of time, modifications of their virulency to a greater or less extent.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Williams, Henry Smith
Satirical virulency may vex men sorely, but it hardly ever soundly converts them.
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac
