Biological warfare
warfare that makes use of bacteria, viruses, toxins, etc., to disable or destroy people, domestic animals, and food crops.
Abbreviation: B.W.
noun
the use of living organisms or their toxic products to induce death or incapacity in humans and animals and damage to plant crops, etc BW
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