Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The use of injurious microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses, as weapons in warfare.
Wiktionary
- n. The use of harmful microorganisms as a weapon of war.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon
Examples
“I recruited him to a small subsidiary of mine, PicoMed Pharmaceuticals, where Watson thought he would be working on a germ warfare project for the Pentagon.”
“Wait until your child seems more rational before you explain to him that you have to let the mailman whom he has decided is engaging in germ warfare because he once saw him picking his nose before coming to your house deliver the mail because without mail delivery, he won’t get his Ranger Rick magazine.”
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An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
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