This year's flu is not as virulent as in years past. From LearnThat.org.
The term virulent, you see, is used to mean something virus-like, especially in the manner and speed it spreads itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Arab Christian Group Sues Over Anti-Leafleting Rule at Arab International Festival on Dearborn (Michigan) City Property:] Reference
The Culture of Critique, and we continue to see it when the word "virulent" - meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Ziopedia - The Politically Incorrect Encyclopedia] Reference
However, three types are what could be described as virulent: wild garlic, bamboo and Japanese knotweed. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Species Face Off In a Victorian Garden] Reference
From afar, the notion of virulent polarization over the prospect of reforming a health-care system has baffled the. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
I didn't see this kind of virulent Jon-hate when he showed. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Jon and Message to The Media] Reference
How about the reports in the Irish Times - referring to the speech as "virulent" ?. From Wordnik.com. [Nice Trip?] Reference
They spread to a lot of people, but they weren't highly virulent, meaning a lot of people didn't die. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 7, 2006] Reference
Further, if language such as "virulent" is going to be applied, it should have some backing, some support. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Some hazards are quite serious and can be fatal, such as virulent bacteria and some types of food poisoning. From Wordnik.com. [Food Freedom] Reference
Hollywood "and other media outlets" endure bitter scorn for their "virulent" reactions against those who dislike gays. From Wordnik.com. [Nathaniel Frank: Religious Right Trolls "Horror Stories" to Oppose Gay Troops] Reference
Rob says that the left doesn't have the same kind of virulent, anti-left rhetoric that the right has, using Ann Coulter as an example. From Wordnik.com. [The truth is the toughest talk.] Reference
Unfortunately, the kind of virulent street theater that Senator Cleland did yesterday in Crawford just contributes to that distraction. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2004] Reference
New York for "a virulent article on the war," which means a "virulent" article in favour of peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Civil War in America] Reference
I can accept being called "virulent" and a "religious henchman" by Robbins Winslow in his Nov. 19 letter. From Wordnik.com. [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference
But it's much harder to explain away "virulent" irrationality when the author is … one of your own writers!. From Wordnik.com. [Americans For Truth] Reference
He discussed the two great wars of the 20th century, panics and recessions, "virulent" inflation, the Great Depression, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
Extremist rallies have been increasingly virulent. From Wordnik.com. [Can Peace Survive?] Reference
The tenor of the news feeds upon an already virulent anti-Americanism. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncredible Hulk] Reference
Other experts suspect that today's virulent strains are new mutations. From Wordnik.com. [A Mean Strain Of Strep] Reference
But a mysteriously virulent strain of Group A strep has scientists worried. From Wordnik.com. [A Mean Strain Of Strep] Reference
Cold viruses can't afford to be too virulent because they require mobile hosts. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Hot Zone] Reference
Yet the most virulent Islamists never managed to get a real foothold in politics. From Wordnik.com. [Pious But Moderate] Reference
Yet it's a dismal fact that America was beset by a virulent and pervasive anti-Semitism. From Wordnik.com. [Holocaust And The Home Front] Reference
But what about ready-made stockpiles of weaponized agents, or even just virulent strains?. From Wordnik.com. [In The Germ Labs] Reference
State officials hope, though, that they are simply facing a less-virulent St. Louis strain. From Wordnik.com. [No Mickey Mouse] Reference
Despite virulent rhetoric from all sides, most analysts concur that a regional war is unlikely. From Wordnik.com. [Up in Arms] Reference
Her case has spilled far beyond the courtroom walls and escalated into a virulent religious clash. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Runaway] Reference
An ebola vaccine is an especially tricky thing to develop because the virus is extremely virulent. From Wordnik.com. [A New Weapon Against Ebola] Reference
Scratch a Shanghai Yuppie and you will find a virulent nationalist -- on Taiwan, Japan and America. From Wordnik.com. [Does the Future Belong to China?] Reference
But while human waste must be treated, hog waste, similarly fetid and virulent, is simply dumped into the environment. From Wordnik.com. [I Don't Like Green Eggs And Ham!] Reference
They warn against "" racism in a new and more virulent form '' and "" totalitarian '' measures to control the underclass. From Wordnik.com. [Iq] Reference
But to Post staffers, Hirschfeld is a more virulent strain, a meddler out to transform the paper into his own bully pulpit. From Wordnik.com. ['Scumbag! Maniac! Slug!'] Reference
Indeed, like every other person who learns he has a virulent form of cancer, the cardinal had to come to grips with elemental fear. From Wordnik.com. [The Art Of Dying Well] Reference
Unlike lightning rods such as William Safire, Maureen Dowd or Paul Krugman, Herbert doesn't often engender virulent chat-room debates. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Copy: The Power Of The Times] Reference
While it is cheaper, this method has left clients vulnerable to more-virulent cyber attacks by the very bloggers they set out to silence. From Wordnik.com. [Google Yourself—And Enjoy It] Reference
I think Washington is an especially virulent aspect of what happens when people in power are only talking to other monied power interests. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hungry for Change’] Reference
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