单词 | germ warfare |
释义 | germ warfareSEE SYNONYMS FOR germ warfare ON THESAURUS.COM nounbiological warfare. Origin of germ warfareFirst recorded in 1935–40 Words nearby germ warfaregerm plasm, germproof, germs, germ theory, germ tube, germ warfare, germy, Gernsback, gero-, geroderma, gerodontics Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for germ warfaregerm warfare nounthe military use of disease-spreading bacteria against an enemyAlso called: bacteriological warfare Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for germ warfaregerm warfare The use of microorganisms in war to injure or destroy humans, animals, or crops. This type of warfare is outlawed by international treaty, but facilities for developing biological weapons exist in some countries. (See bioterrorism (see also bioterrorism) and biological warfare.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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