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Bioterrorism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Bioterrorism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare

"The government warned that recent outbreaks might be a case of bioterrorism involving engineered viruses rather than natural infections."

2

Terrorism that involves biological weapons or agents.

"The government issued a warning about bioterrorism after detecting suspicious shipments of anthrax in several major cities."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
terrorism
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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