0 involving or relating to an attack using living matter, such as bacteria, to harm or kill people for political reasons: --
Law enforcement authorities are often caught by surprise when it comes to bioterrorist threats.
Until recently, bioterrorist attacks were considered unlikely.
1 someone who uses living matter, such as bacteria, in an attack in order to harm or kill people for political reasons: --
Officials said the bioterrorist may have had a science background.
The bacteria could be spread by bioterrorists through the air.
Bioterrorists might be able to make pathogens when they can't obtain a natural one.
It would be catastrophic if bioterrorists hit.
Polio virus would be an unlikely choice for bioterrorists because so much of the population is already vaccinated against it.
Bioterrorist weapons are increasingly derived from animals.
Anthrax was the weapon used in the recent bioterrorist attacks.