Biological warfare (BW)—also known as germ warfare—is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons (often termed `bio-weapons`, `biological threat agents`, or `bio-agents`) are living organisms or r...
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Military operations using any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings, animals, or plants.
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(from the article `Defining Weapons of Mass Destruction`) Biological weapons (BW) encompass pathogens (bacteria, viruses, and fungi) that cause diseases and toxins that are derived from organisms such as ... ...contributed to the spread of the disease throughout Italy and elsewhere in Europe. The catapulting of corpses into Kaffa by Jan...
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The use of living organisms, or of infectious material derived from them, to bring about death or disease in humans, animals, or plants. At least ten countries have this capability. Advances in...
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Biological warfare is warfare involving usage of biological weapons.
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<microbiology> The military use of harmful biological agents such as pathogenic bacteria. ... (21 Mar 1998) ...
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n] - the use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food
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biological warfare, biowarfare, germ warfare Warfare that makes use of bacteria, viruses, toxins, etc., to disable or to destroy people, domestic animals, and food crops.
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BW noun the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
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The use of living organisms, or of infectious material derived from them, to bring about death or disease in humans, animals, or plants. At least ten countries have this capability. Advances in genetic engineering make the development of new varieties of potentially offensive biological weapons more likely. Biological warfare, together with chemica...
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See biological operation
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warfare that makes use of bacteria, viruses, toxins, etc., to disable or destroy people, domestic animals, and food crops. Abbr.: B.W. Also called
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