All 3 Uses of
virulent
in
The Plague
- It seemed that, for obvious reasons, the plague launched its most virulent attacks on those who lived, by choice or by necessity, in groups:
Part 3 *virulent = harshest (worst)
- But it seemed that plague had settled in for good at its most virulent, and it took its daily toll of deaths with the punctual zeal of a good civil servant.†
Part 4
- Yet never before had the sky been so blue; day after day its icy radiance flooded the town with a brilliant light, and in frost-cleansed air the epidemic seemed to lose its virulence, and in each of three consecutive weeks a big drop in the death-roll was announced.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(virulent) of disease: very bad -- perhaps very contagious
or
harsh or hateful