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ˈvaɪ rəsvirus

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 votes

  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:
    virus, computer virus

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. virusnoun

    Synonyms:
    poison (of a morbid nature), VENOM

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "virus":

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

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  1. Jessica Barrios:

    It's affecting not just older people ; it's affecting kids, too, people need to start taking this seriously and do their part to help try and calm down this virus.

  2. William Schaffner:

    I think what they're saying is virus number one initiates an inflammatory response which then acts as a barrier to the second virus, i think there are also some data to suggest Vanderbilt University's two viruses can not simultaneously infect the same cell.

  3. Greg Roh:

    The virus outbreak is positive for Samsung's mobile division, but negative for Samsung's chip and display businesses, samsung will not be completely immune from the virus.

  4. President Biden:

    Thanks to our heroic vaccine effort, we’ve gained the upper hand against this virus.We can live our lives, our kids can go back to school, our economy is roaring back, so, today, while the virus hasn’t been vanquished, we know this: It no longer controls our lives.It no longer paralyzes our nation.

  5. Jonathan Reiner:

    Just because he's tested frequently --( it) isn't a Superman cape. He can get the virus.


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