BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
Dictionary entry overview: What does biological warfare mean? • BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (noun)
The noun BIOLOGICAL WARFARE has 1 sense:
1. the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
Familiarity information: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (noun)
Meaning:
The use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bioattack; biologic attack; biological attack; biological warfare; BW
Hypernyms ("biological warfare" is a kind of...):
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biological warfare"):
bacteriological warfare; germ warfare (the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon)
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