virulent

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But time travel is an imperfect science, and the technician overseeing the process is delirious from a virulent new strain of flu, so Kivrin is accidentally dropped into 1348, the year of the Black Death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

But in the sentencing, Judge Richard Marks KC said the case involved "recklessness on a very high scale and language of a virulent nature".

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

She explained that the vaccine strain appears smooth and stable at the surface, while the virulent strain has a noticeably uneven, textured exterior.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

He’s as virulent as he is shallow and his thoughts are no deeper than what he sees on television.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

It was widely known, Rifkin pointed out, that HeLa was “an extraordinarily virulent and infectious line of cells” that could contaminate other cultures.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot