biological attack

collocation in English

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biological
adjective
uk
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofbiologicalandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The vast majority of them relate to work to ensure that our forces are adequately protected from chemical orbiologicalattack.
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There have also been suggestions, as we heard today, that our defences against chemical orbiologicalattackwere inadequate.
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All those questions had important practical implications for any counter-measures againstbiologicalattack.
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The time has come for further appraisal of active and passive defence against chemical andbiologicalattack, both military and civilian.
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We need a guarantee that our troops will be properly prepared to meet any chemical orbiologicalattack.
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I hope that it will cover in its report the medical and scientific response to nuclear and radiological attack, toxic chemical attack andbiologicalattack.
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Those germs were apparently used for their usefulness in simulating abiologicalattack.
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The civilian population would be decimated in any large-scale chemical orbiologicalattack.
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In particular, one must emphasise the fearful suffering which would occur if these islands were ever subjected to a chemical andbiologicalattack.
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The trials were designed to assess the potential impact of abiologicalattackon our country, and to determine what level of protection would be needed.
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We continually review the package of defensive measures against chemical andbiologicalattackavailable to our armed forces, which includes immunisation, commensurate with an assessment of the threat.
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I do not think that anyone really supposes that a major nation in cold blood would solemnly decide to launch a chemical orbiologicalattackon another major nation.
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A relatively small number of scientific procedures involving animals is carried out, principally in order to assess the safety and effectiveness of protective measures against chemical andbiologicalattack.
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Abiologicalattack, by contrast, if carried out against animals, may make itself apparent somewhat more slowly, and if carried out against humans, much more slowly still.
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However, this may also have an impact on policy planning for abiologicalattackwith a disease such as smallpox.
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Meselson and his colleagues argued that abiologicalattackwould likely inflict a great toll on civilian populations while remaining largely militarily ineffective.
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Buster is considered to be so valuable to the military that he has his own protective gear in case of a chemical orbiologicalattack.
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An outbreak of bubonic plague in this era may be a sign ofbiologicalattack.
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The building, with 13 stories above ground and four stories underground, provides protection against conventional, chemical andbiologicalattack.
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More of these carcinogens can be released upon chemical, physical andbiologicalattackof triclocarban.
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