bioweapon

noun

bio·​weap·​on ˈbī-ō-ˌwe-pən How to pronounce bioweapon (audio)

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In the bleak and deliberately structured fourth season, the show dug even deeper and explored how these relationships could be both beneficial and damaging by using a bioweapon as a metaphor. EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025 This includes the claim, boosted by Musk, that USAID was funding the development of bioweapons such as Covid-19, a conspiracy theory that all US intelligence agencies have concluded is false. David Gilbert, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2025 Would the models be transferred to government hardware that was secure enough to test for their knowledge of classified information, like nuclear secrets or details of dangerous bioweapons? Billy Perrigo, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025 The bioweapon causes a chain reaction, demolishing planets and wiping out an entire quadrant in space. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bioweapon

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First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bioweapon was in 1962

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“Bioweapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bioweapon. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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bioweapon

noun
bio·​weap·​on ˈbī-ō-ˌwep-ən How to pronounce bioweapon (audio)
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