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单词 biological weapon
释义

biological weapon

noun

: a harmful biological agent (such as a pathogenic microorganism or a neurotoxin) used as a weapon to cause death or disease usually on a large scale

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web It was only approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2019, primarily for the prevention of smallpox in case that virus—eradicated from circulation by an earlier vaccine, but retained in two labs—was ever used as a biological weapon. WIRED, 16 Sep. 2022 Knoesen’s group explored the possibility of using a biological weapon to infect and kill Black people, including the poisoning of water reservoirs supplying Black communities, according to the prosecution. Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 6 June 2022 Supplies of the vaccines are in the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to protect against public health emergencies, such as use of smallpox as a biological weapon, according to the FDA. Shiv Sudhakar, Fox News, 19 May 2022 But some experts say that the research did not suffice to answer important questions about whether using AI software to find toxins could practically lead to the development of an actual biological weapon. Rebecca Sohn, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2022 The findings confirmed the virus was not created as a biological weapon. Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2021 In its original form, the theory held that the Chinese deliberately created the virus as a biological weapon. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021 Following Magnetic Rose was the entirely different and eerily upbeat Stink Bomb, which dealt with a salaryman in a laboratory inadvertently letting loose a devastating biological weapon. Ollie Barder, Forbes, 21 June 2021 In its initial incarnation, the hypothesis held that the virus was developed by the Beijing government as a biological weapon. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

biological weapon

noun

biological weap·​on -ˈwep-ən How to pronounce biological weapon (audio)
: a harmful biological agent (as a pathogenic microorganism or a neurotoxin) used as a weapon to cause death or disease usually on a large scale
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