bioterrorism
noun
bio·ter·ror·ism
| \ ˌbī-ō-ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm
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Definition of bioterrorism
: terrorism involving the use of biological weapons
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bioterrorist
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Examples of bioterrorism in a Sentence
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Climate change has been factored in since 2007, bioterrorism and artificial intelligence were included in 2015, and further causes for concern will no doubt be added in due course. — Anthony Gottlieb, The New York Review of Books, "Accentuate the Positive," 7 Feb. 2019 They're kept in case of a bioterrorism or nuclear attack, or an infectious disease outbreak with pandemic potential, one of many warehouses across the country that are part of the $7 billion Strategic National Stockpile. — Washington Post, "The Health 202: Forget the VA. It's not clear Ronny Jackson can do his current job.," 25 Apr. 2018 And the Department of Defense — which is interested in genome-editing as a potential bioterrorism threat — has poured a lot of money into CRISPR research. — Megan Thielking, STAT, "Your daily dose of news in health and medicine.," 12 Apr. 2018 But after Clinton left office, bioterrorism became a far more pressing threat, in the wake of several anthrax attacks in 2001. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Remembering Grim Fandango: this week in tech, 20 years ago," 3 Nov. 2018 Even smallpox, whose eradication was one of the greatest achievements of cooperative human endeavor, could return—perhaps through bioterrorism aimed at a world of now-unprotected human beings. — William F. Bynum, WSJ, "‘Between Hope and Fear’ Review: Anxieties Immune to Reason," 16 Aug. 2018 But the term continued to flourish, especially after 9/11, likely encouraged by reports of anthrax becoming weaponized in bioterrorism. — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, "‘Weaponize,’ a Term for Arms, From the Tennis Court to the Supreme Court," 27 July 2018 To date, the worst American bioterrorism attack is still the Rajneesh cult’s decidedly non-futuristic 1984 poisoning of a salad bar in Oregon — which was recounted in Netflix’s documentary Wild Wild Country earlier this year. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Remembering Grim Fandango: this week in tech, 20 years ago," 3 Nov. 2018 Many experts agree that the United States remains underprepared for a pandemic or a bioterrorism threat. — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, "Bill Gates calls on US to lead fight against a pandemic that could kill 33 million," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bioterrorism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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bioterrorism
noun
bio·ter·ror·ism
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Medical Definition of bioterrorism
: terrorism involving the use of biological weapons
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bioterrorist
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