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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The use of disease-producing microorganisms, toxic biological products, or organic biocides to cause death or injury to humans, animals, or plants.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The use of any harmful organism (such as a bacterium or virus) as a weapon of war.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food

Examples

  • “Defenses against biological warfare were legitimate under the BWC, but if our preparations were known and understood, hostile countries could design their offensive BW programs to defeat our defenses.”

    Simon & Schuster: Surrender is not an Option

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  1. warfare
  1. war

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  1. germ warfare
  1. bacteriological warfare

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  1. BW
  2. umma tameer-e-nau
  3. utn
  1. Magadu
  2. seb
  3. staphylococcal enterotoxin b
  1. bioarm
  2. biohazard
  3. biological agent
  1. biological terrorism
  2. biological warfare defence
  3. biological warfare defense
  1. biological weapon
  2. bioterrorism
  3. bioweapon
  1. bw defence
  2. bw defense

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