biological warfare

American  

noun

1. warfare that makes use of bacteria, viruses, toxins, etc., to disable or destroy people, domestic animals, and food crops. B.W.

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biological warfare British  

noun

1.  BW.  the use of living organisms or their toxic products to induce death or incapacity in humans and animals and damage to plant crops, etc

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biological warfare Cultural  

1. The use of biological agents as weapons in warfare. Also called germ warfare.

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Etymology

Origin of biological warfare

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The substance was sent to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down to be examined by an expert in chemical and biological warfare agents.

From BBC

Tests at Porton Down, the government's biological warfare laboratory, confirmed the substance was ricin, a poison for which there is no antidote.

From BBC

Alcohol is actually the result of this biological warfare between yeast and bacteria, who are both trying to get these nutrients.

From Salon

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said Monday he fears that artificial intelligence will empower America’s enemies to engage in biological warfare.

From Washington Times

Mr. Mauroni said Western military forces are unable to detect biological weapons until after exposure and U.S. forces lack vaccines for a number of known biological warfare agents or engineered diseases.

From Washington Times