biological weapon

Noun

Meaning

any weapon usable in biological warfare

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bioweapon bioarm biological warfare germ warfare bioterrorism tularemia biological weapons related biological war bio weapon bio weapons organic weapon viral weaponry bacteriological weapon organic arm

Hypernyms

WMD weapon of mass destruction

Hyponyms

Seb aflatoxin botulin Bacillus anthracis clostridium perfringens anthrax bacillus

Examples

The threat of terrorism is great and with today's porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders. Bobby Jindal

they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

biological warheads biological waste biological way biological weaponry biological weapons related biological-weapons