Assertion: biological agent | /r/ObjectUse | used as weapon
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in biological warfare
type: TEMPORAL
value: in bioterrorism
type: TEMPORAL
value: purposefully
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A biological agent is a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus that can be used purposefully as a weapon in bioterrorism or biological warfare.
text: The primary difficulty is not the production of the biological agent, as many biological agents used in weapons can be manufactured relatively quickly, cheaply and easily.
text: The 2016 White Paper from South Korea's Ministry of National Defense (MND) assesses that North Korea is able to indigenously cultivate a number of biological agents often used as weapons, including the causative agents of and smallpox  
text: Biological agents which may be used as weapons can be classified as follows: