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单词 biowar
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biowar
biowar n.
Brit. /ˈbʌɪə(ʊ)wɔː/
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U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌwɔr/
(as a mass noun) = biological warfare n. at biological adj. and n. Compounds; (as a count noun) a conflict involving the use of biological or biochemical weapons.
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chemical warfare1912
germ warfare1919
bacteriological warfare1924
biological warfare1933
biowar1950
biowarfare1951
1950 Galaxy Sci. Fiction Dec. 69/1 It is hush-hush, top-secret stuff…Anyone knowing bio-war developments would understand.
1982 Christian Sci. Monitor 11 Feb. (Eastern ed.) 2/5 (heading) Pakistan expels American after Soviet biowar claim.
1993 A. Toffler & H. Toffler War & Anti-war iii. xiv. 122 It is now known that work on offensive bio-war weapons continued in the Soviet Union long after it signed a 1972 treaty outlawing such arms.
2001 Birmingham Post (Electronic ed.) 13 Oct. The only example we have of an anthrax epidemic was at Sverdlovsk, Russia in 1979 when spores escaped from a military factory. It is generally remembered as a terrifying example of what could happen during a biowar.
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