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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bioterrorism

also bio-terrorism, by 1997, from bio- + terrorism. Related: Bioterrorist.

Wiktionary
bioterrorism

n. Terrorism that involves biological weapons or agents.

WordNet
bioterrorism

n. terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare [syn: biological terrorism]

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Bioterrorism

Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, or toxins, and may be in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form. For the use of this method in warfare, see biological warfare.

Usage examples of "bioterrorism".

Even so, some experts are reluctant to talk too freely about biological weapons, for fear that the information could spark bioterrorism or might encourage countries to cross the threshold into biological weaponry.

The Federation would have rattled its sabers and accused the Empire of bioterrorism, and then, while they were still recovering from the embarrassment of being told those datachips were meaningless fakes, perhaps created by the Federation itself, since there were no such Romulans as those catalogued on the chips, Koval would have produced his trump card.

There was no reason to suspect bioterrorism, and no information about the R-fever outbreaks would be relayed to any individual within the Romulan Empire or elsewhere, end of report.

On some widely touched Web sites, the specter of bioterrorism is being invoked with alarming frequency.

He'd try to see Loomis ahead of time, prime him with a question about bioterrorism that he could answer intelligently.

Mary said, rising, "but it never occurred to me that this epidemic might be the result of bioterrorism.

So we’ve tried to lay in a framework for dealing with cyberterrorism, bioterrorism, chemical terrorism.

Lederberg gave me a copy of a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association devoted to the threat of bioterrorism.