BIOLOGICAL ATTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biological attack mean? 

• BIOLOGICAL ATTACK (noun)
  The noun BIOLOGICAL ATTACK has 1 sense:

1. the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food

  Familiarity information: BIOLOGICAL ATTACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOLOGICAL ATTACK (noun)

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 ("biological attack" is a kind of...):

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biological attack"):

bacteriological warfare; germ warfare (the use of harmful bacteria as a weapon)