Synonyms for virus
ˈvaɪ rəsvirus

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1. virusnoun

   (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein

   Synonyms:
   computer virus

2. virusnoun

   a harmful or corrupting agency

   "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone"

   Synonyms:
   computer virus

3. virus, computer virusnoun

   a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer

   "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"

   Synonyms:
   computer virus

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1. • Agency
   • Infectious Agent
   • Malevolent Program
   • Microorganism

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1. virusnoun

   Synonyms:
   poison (of a morbid nature), VENOM

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1. List of paraphrases for "virus":

   viruses, viral, hiv, antivirus, anti-virus, t-virus

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1. Jeff Bock:

   We have to prepare for the inevitability that one, or more, of the major chains may not survive if this situation continues to lurch into next summer, the number of movie theaters that will close on a permanent basis will be directly proportional to how long it takes the US to stomp out the virus.

2. Nicholas Wade:

   Right from the beginning, public perception favored lab escape, that perception was very much shaped by a letter that appeared in The Lancet and derided lab escape as a conspiracy theory and said that lab escape was the way this virus had emerged and we should stand shoulder to shoulder with our Chinese colleagues on the forefront of fighting the disease.

3. Birgitta Evengård:

   You must remember our immune defense has been developed in close contact with microbiological surroundings, if there is a virus hidden in the permafrost that we have not been in contact with for thousands of years, it might be that our immune defense is not sufficient.

4. Francesca Dominici:

   Fine particulate matter air pollution can be an additional vehicle for spreading the virus even faster.

5. Health Minister Olivier Veran:

   The largest part of the epidemic is behind us but the virus is not dead. We did not completely defeat it and we are controlling its circulation. We continue testing.