as in severity
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
the virulency of his critical judgments became the stuff of Broadway legend
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The virulency of Covid-19 trained even those of us who shop locally out of principal to purchase online.
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Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2021
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“Virulency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virulency. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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