biological warfare
noun
: warfare involving the use of biological weapons
also
: warfare involving the use of herbicides
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Gabbard has also defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and espoused the same false claims—that there are U.S. biological warfare labs at the Ukrainian border—used by Putin to justify his actions.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Other fears include world powers deploying nuclear weapons, terrorist attacks, biological warfare and not having enough money for the future.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Similarly, a majority of respondents were also afraid of biological warfare, as well as America getting involved in another world war.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
For many decades, so have humans: The Japanese conducted brutal biological warfare experiments in World War II; both the U.S. and the Soviet Union stockpiled toxins during the Cold War, with the latter’s program continuing even after signing the Biological Weapons Convention in 1972.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2024
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Other fears include world powers deploying nuclear weapons, terrorist attacks, biological warfare and not having enough money for the future.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Similarly, a majority of respondents were also afraid of biological warfare, as well as America getting involved in another world war.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
For many decades, so have humans: The Japanese conducted brutal biological warfare experiments in World War II; both the U.S. and the Soviet Union stockpiled toxins during the Cold War, with the latter’s program continuing even after signing the Biological Weapons Convention in 1972.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2024
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biological warfare
noun
biological war·fare
-ˈwȯr-ˌfa(ə)r, -ˌfe(ə)r 
: warfare involving the use of biological weapons
also
: warfare involving the use of herbicides
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