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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

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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;


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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.

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.

Modifies a noun

  • dump: The garden was used as an ammunition dump and slit trenches were dug.

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.
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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)

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