biowarfare

[ bahy-oh-wawr-fair ]

noun

1. biological warfare.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biowarfare¹

First recorded in 1965–70; bio- + warfare

Example Sentences

Mr. Wang, the Chinese spokesman, said U.S. accusations of Chinese biowarfare efforts were a pretext for “containing or suppressing” Beijing.

From Washington Times

Another “research-related” possibility: the nightmare that some Chinese biowarfare program created a murderous virus intentionally but let it escape to the world by some catastrophic goof.

From New York Times

Those posts included ones suggesting the CIA had something to do with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., that Ukraine’s leaders are embezzling foreign aid to their country, and that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was justified because the U.S. was running clandestine biowarfare labs in the country.

From Washington Times

Those posts included ones suggesting the CIA had something to do with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., that Ukraine’s leaders are embezzling foreign aid to the their country, and that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was justified because the U.S. was running clandestine biowarfare labs in the country.

From Seattle Times

EcoHealth sent grant money it received from the federal government to the Wuhan institute for bat virus research, including efforts to make bat viruses more infectious to humans in what is called “gain-of-function” research in a search for a vaccine or for military biowarfare research.

From Washington Times