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bioweapon

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bioweapon [ˈbaɪəʊˌwɛpən]
n
(Military) a living organism or a toxic product manufactured from it, used to kill or incapacitate
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Noun1.bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"
anthrax bacillus, Bacillus anthracis - a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
clostridium perfringens - anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
W.M.D., weapon of mass destruction, WMD - a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
aflatoxin - a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin - potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
SEB, staphylococcal enterotoxin B - a form of staphylococcal enterotoxin that has been used as an incapacitating agent in biological warfare
Translations
bioweapon [ˈbaɪəʊˌwepən] Narma f biológica
bioweapon bio-weapon [ˈbaɪəʊwɛpən] narme f biologique
bioweapon
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Bioweapons are relatively easier for terrorists to handle as they are potentially devastating and much easier to make and transport than a nuclear weapon.
It's unhealthy for the place of science in our culture--no small matter at a time of climate crisis, bioweapon threats, pandemic diseases and untold future controversies that will surely erupt as science continues to dramatically change our world and our politics.
Jack's battle with the evil turncoat Tony reaches its final stage, but poor Jack is also fighting the bioweapon coursing through his veins.
 
 
 
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