How to Use bioterror in a Sentence

bioterror

noun
Definition of bioterrornext
  • Sheela’s house, where the group’s bioterror attack was planned, has been remodeled into suites for guests who help out at the camp in the summer and stay for about a month.
    — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Imagine what could happen if the next act of bioterror targeted the salad bars of restaurants in Times Square.
    — Ana Santos Rutschman, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The government announced plans for the bioterror drills in a legal notice last month in Newkirk's weekly newspaper.
    — Justin Juozapavicius, chicagotribune.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The government announced plans for the bioterror drills in a legal notice last month in Newkirk’s weekly newspaper.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Bioerror and bioterror rank highest on my personal risk register for the medium term (10 to 20 years).
    — Erin Biba, Scientific American, 1 June 2015
  • Tensions and fierce protectiveness of her people led Sheela to allegedly orchestrate what is still known as the largest bioterror attack in the United States.
    — refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The contagious disease was eradicated in 1980 thanks to vaccination efforts, but there are concerns that it could be used in a bioterror attack.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • That's because while the real threat of bioterror is minimal—there have been only a handful of such attacks in modern history, and none since 2001—the risk of bio-error is actually quite high.
    — Susan Scutti, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2014
  • Perhaps some rogue technology — nuclear weapons, bioterror attacks — will kill enough people to reverse the great escape.
    — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Some who could afford to moved out of New York City, others purchased personal protective equipment or gas masks in case of a bioterror attack, and many feared traveling on public transportation, Ramirez said.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2020
  • Should a truly novel pathogen appear—due to bioterror, bio error, or a natural run of bad luck in a world that can produce things like Ebola by chance—a defense centered on stockpiles could be swiftly outmaneuvered.
    — Andrew Hessel, Ars Technica, 20 June 2019
  • In 1984, Sheela orchestrated a large-scale bioterror attack, contaminating the salad bars at ten restaurants in Oregon in hope of rendering people unable to vote and help sway a county election in favour of the cult's own candidates.
    — Jessie Lau For Cnn, CNN, 5 May 2022
  • At a minimum, the order will apply to drugs and supplies needed to combat emergencies such as pandemics, bioterror attacks and other national security threats, Navarro said.
    — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020

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