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ammunition Definition

am·mu·ni·tion (am′yo̵̅o̅ nis̸h′ən, -yə-)

noun

  1. Obsolete any military supplies
  2. anything hurled by a weapon or exploded as a weapon, as bullets, gunpowder, shot, shells, bombs, grenades, rockets, etc.
  3. any means of attack or defense the facts provided him with ammunition for his argument

Etymology: Fr amunition, by faulty separation of la munition: see munitions

ammunition Synonyms

ammunition

n. ammo*, munitions, materiel, resources.

Types of ammunition include: buckshot, gunpowder, cartridge, bullet, round, clip, napalm, bomb, missile, projectile, charge, depth charge, grenade, hand grenade, fuse, torpedo, shell, ball, cannonball, shot, gunpowder, rocket;

Materials used in ammunition include: dynamite, trotyl, trinitrotoluene (TNT); nitrocotton, melinite, gelignite, cordite, trinitrocresol, poison gas, tear gas, nerve gas, nitroglycerine, nitrate compound, gun cotton, lyddite;

ammunition Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • deplete: It was here that depleted uranium ammunition was used for the first time - more than 30 metric tons - 300,000 rounds in all.
  • expend: This reduces ammunition expended to the minimum necessary for the required observation.
  • explode: The first shell fell on one of the limbers, exploded the ammunition and caused several casualties.
  • conserve: Wait for the guard to come by, then shoot him in the head to conserve ammunition.

Adjective modifier

  • jacketed: Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded.303 cartridges in: 180 gr Jacketed soft point sporting ammunition y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN.
  • shotgun: Find, but do not pick up, lots of shotgun ammunition.
  • unlimited: Unlimited ammunition: Cheats Begin game play then press Start to display the options screen.
  • blank: Jumping into the water we ran up the beach shouting and yelling and firing blank ammunition at an imaginary enemy.
  • live: We actually shot some live ammunition on a shooting range in Denmark.

Modifies a noun

  • dump: The garden was used as an ammunition dump and slit trenches were dug.
  • pouch: It may well have been at this point that Jakob Hones refilled his ammunition pouches for the last time.
  • depot: Their ammunition supply depot is only a short distance away.
  • wagon: He was obsessed with the shell principle, in order to blow up enemy caissons or ammunition wagons at a distance.
  • belt: As these types were typically mixed in an ammunition belt, the net result is no significant change in the rankings.
  • factory: Twenty thousand prisoners are reportedly housed in an ammunition factory in town.

Noun used with modifier

  • uranium: It was here that depleted uranium ammunition was used for the first time - more than 30 metric tons - 300,000 rounds in all.
  • pistol: My studies of the matter suggest that 50 rounds of pistol ammunition should suffice for an entire war.
  • rifle: Unlimited assault rifle ammunition: Hold L and press X, Circle, X, R, Square, Triangle during game play.
  • sporting: Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded.303 cartridges in: 180 gr Jacketed soft point sporting ammunition y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN.
  • arm: I hear that small arms ammunition in South Africa has practically disappeared from the store shelves.
ammunition Quotes

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. See Blacker132:93.

—Forgy, Howell Maurice

Whenpolitical ammunitionrunslow, inevitably therusty artillery of abuse is wheeled into action.

—Stevenson, Adlai E(wing)