germ warfarenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdʒɜːm ˈwɔː.feər/us/ˌdʒɝːm ˈwɔːr.fer/also biological warfarethe use of germs (= extremely small organisms) during periods of war to cause disease among enemy soldiers or among crops in enemy countries
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War
- antebellum
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- belligerent
- biological warfare
- concord
- crusade
- hostile
- militarist
- pacific
- peacekeeping
- phoney war
- pro-war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- the Second World War
- war clouds are gathering idiom
- war-torn
- warfare
- warlike
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