All 6 Uses of
virulent
in
War and Peace
- "Heavens! what a virulent attack!" replied the prince, not in the least disconcerted by this reception.†
Chpt 1 *
- Langeron, trying as virulently as possible to sting Weyrother's vanity as author of the military plan, argued that Bonaparte might easily attack instead of being attacked, and so render the whole of this plan perfectly worthless.†
Chpt 3
- When the reading of Denisov's virulent reply, which took more than an hour, was over, Rostov said nothing, and he spent the rest of the day in a most dejected state of mind amid Denisov's hospital comrades, who had gathered round him, telling them what he knew and listening to their stories.†
Chpt 5
- But he could not restrain himself and with the virulence of which only one who loves is capable, evidently suffering himself, he shook his fists at her and screamed: "If only some fool would marry her!"†
Chpt 8
- Armfeldt virulently hated Napoleon and was a general full of self-confidence, a quality that always influenced Alexander.†
Chpt 9
- …" the convoy guards began cursing and the French soldiers, with fresh virulence, drove away with their swords the crowd of prisoners who were gazing at the dead man.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(virulent) of disease: very bad -- perhaps very contagious
or
harsh or hateful