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munition Definition

mu·ni·tion (myo̵̅o̅ nis̸hən)

transitive verb

to provide with munitions

Etymology: < munitions

munition Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • war: Life, for the young at least, is not all weapons and munitions of war.

Object

  • factory: Set around an internal paved courtyard, My HQ forms the next phase of the exciting transformation of the former Royal Arsenal munitions factory.
  • worker: During the early 1940s, the Chase National Service Hostel was built to accommodate, with others, munitions workers working in the City.
  • depot: The completed weapons were then transported in convoys to specials munitions depots across the country.
  • store: This one has three long lines of ships - the tankers in front, then munitions, stores and finally personnel and hospital facilities.
  • ammunition: Handguns, automatic weapons, munitions, ammunitions including blank cartridges, pistol caps, fireworks, flares, smoke canisters, and crackers.
  • supply: The reactionaries have money, munitions, supplies of all kinds, instructors, from outside.

Used with why or when

  • when: Tragically, children got explosives and munitions when they needed food and medicine.
  • that: Paveway IV provides a state-of-the-art, all-weather precision munition that is easy to integrate on current and future aircraft.

Adjective complement

  • such: It is therefore probable that Iraq possesses an undetermined number of warheads and munitions such as artillery shells, filled with VX gas.

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