BW

noun

the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food (Freq. 5)

• Syn: ↑biological warfare, ↑biological attack, ↑biologic attack, ↑bioattack

• Hypernyms: ↑war, ↑warfare

• Hyponyms: ↑germ warfare, ↑bacteriological warfare

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abbreviation

1. bacteriological warfare: biological warfare

2. black and white

3. board of works

4. bonded warehouse

5. bread and water

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1. bacteriological warfare.

2. See biological warfare.

3. (in television, motion pictures, photography, etc.) black and white, as opposed to color.

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abbrev

1. Botswana (IVR)

2. British Waterways (formerly British Waterways Board)

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BW (no periods),

biological warfare.