supervirus

English

Etymology

super- +‎ virus

Noun

supervirus (plural superviruses)

  1. A virus that is particularly powerful or resistant to treatment.
    • 1997, Maggie Ferguson, Fever rising
      Dr. Ross's supervirus sounded a lot like the virus they had been dealing with.
    • 2005, Joshua David Bellin, Framing monsters: fantasy film and social alienation
      Shortly thereafter, a supervirus destroys nearly all human life on earth, driving the few survivors underground.
    • 2008, Deirdre Day-MacLeod, Viruses and Spam
      Even more amazing is the idea that the next supervirus could be created as easily by a high school student as it could by a computer scientist.
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