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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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