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BIOLOGIC ATTACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does biologic attack mean?
• BIOLOGIC ATTACK (noun)
The noun BIOLOGIC ATTACK has 1 sense:
1. the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
Familiarity information: BIOLOGIC ATTACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bioattack; biologic attack; biological attack; biological warfare; BW
Hypernyms ("biologic attack" is a kind of...):
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biologic attack"):
bacteriological warfare; germ warfare (the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon)
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