Virulent (adj)
vir-oo-lent
(of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
Bitterly hostile.
Late Middle English (originally describing a poisoned wound): from Latin virulentus, from virus ‘poison’ (see virus).
Example sentences
“The virus was so virulent, it killed everything before the weekend was out.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
