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biological warfare

noun

  1. warfare that makes use of bacteria, viruses, toxins, etc., to disable or destroy people, domestic animals, and food crops. : B.W.


biological warfare

noun

  1. the use of living organisms or their toxic products to induce death or incapacity in humans and animals and damage to plant crops, etc BW
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biological warfare

  1. The use of biological agents as weapons in warfare. Also called germ warfare .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of biological warfare1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

China and Russia pose the most serious threats related to biological arms, Ms. Rosenblum said, noting that a major concern is the use of existing and emerging technologies for biological warfare programs.

Seiichi Morimura, who wrote a searing exposé of the Japanese Army’s secret biological warfare program in occupied China, describing how it forcibly infected thousands of prisoners with deadly pathogens, died on July 24 in Tokyo.

“There can also be potential misuse because you can use it for biological warfare by using it on who you think are your enemies or even sell it to bad actors.”

As a villain, Jim’s a bit of a cold bath, and not just because he starts video-calling in threats of biological warfare.

Alcohol is actually the result of this biological warfare between yeast and bacteria, who are both trying to get these nutrients.

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