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biothreat

biothreat noun: a threat from biological weapons.

Noun

biothreat (plural biothreats)

  1. A threat from biological weapons.
    • Before a tour of the biothreat response testing laboratory on Sunday, visitors had to promise not to reveal its location.2009 May 4, Anemona Hartocollis, “New York’s Lab (Don’t Ask Where It Is) Readies Its Own Tests for the New Strain”, in New York Times

Forms of biothreat

pluralbiothreats

Origin of biothreat

From bio- + threat.

Questions about biothreat

What does biothreat mean?
Biothreat means a threat from biological weapons.
What part of speech is biothreat?
Biothreat is a noun.
What is the plural of biothreat?
The plural of biothreat is biothreats.

Words near biothreat in the dictionary

  1. biothesiometry
  2. biothickener
  3. biothickeners
  4. biothiol
  5. biothiols
  6. biothreat
  7. biothreats
  8. biotic
  9. biotical
  10. biotically
  11. bioticity

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