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biological warfare

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biological warfare noun
biological warfare
noun
Learner's definition of BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
[noncount]
: the use of harmful living things (such as germs that cause disease) as weapons in a war生物战(以病菌等有害生物作为武器)

biological warfare

noun

: warfare involving the use of biological weapons
also : warfare involving the use of herbicides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Russia is Iran’s primary supplier of advanced conventional arms, including ballistic missile technology and chemical and biological warfare programs. Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Danish vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic A/S is making more of a smallpox vaccine typically stockpiled in case of biological warfare, as governments seek doses that also offer protection against monkeypox amid an unusual outbreak around the world. Denise Roland, WSJ, 24 May 2022 Sean Hannity accused President Biden and NATO of being imitated by Putin's threats of nuclear, chemical or biological warfare. Fox News, 23 Mar. 2022 The biological warfare claims show how pernicious disinformation can be: difficult to counter and highly consequential. Eric Smalley, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2022 In 2002, when the country was still extremely concerned about terror attacks, President George W. Bush ordered 500,000 members of the military to get the smallpox vaccine in the off chance of a biological warfare terrorist attack. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021 But this pandemic should be a stark reminder that the risk of biological warfare must be taken seriously, and preparations be made for an even worse-case scenario. Abraar Karan, STAT, 22 Aug. 2021 Chernow noted that British generals released infected civilians and captives towards American lines at the siege of Boston and at Yorktown in a ghoulish pre-industrial version of biological warfare. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 30 July 2021 In the biological warfare of pest control, there’s certainly more than one way to attack a mosquito, public health officials say. Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 31 May 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of biological warfare was in 1921

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