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biological weapon

American  
[bahy-uh-lahj-i-kuhl wep-uhn] / ˌbaɪ əˈlɑdʒ ɪ kəl ˈwɛp ən /

noun

  • biological weapons
    plural
  1. bioweapon.


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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory worker did not appear to be linked to a biological weapon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The new system sends OpenAI a signal when it identifies risks like a cyberattack or biological weapon based on model activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Democratic and Republican senators voiced alarm this week about artificial intelligence's potential use to create a biological weapon.

From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023

US intelligence agencies say they may never be able to identify the origins of Covid-19, but they have concluded it was not created as a biological weapon.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2021

In one, a mad scientist used HeLa as a biological weapon to spread rabies; another featured yellow house paint made of HeLa cells that could talk.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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