ammunition
Americannoun
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the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
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the means of igniting or exploding such material, as primers, fuzes, and gunpowder.
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any material, means, weapons, etc., used in any conflict.
a crude ammunition of stones.
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information, advice, or supplies to help defend or attack a viewpoint, argument, or claim.
Give me some ammunition for the debate.
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Obsolete. any military supplies.
noun
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any projectiles, such as bullets, rockets, etc, that can be discharged from a weapon
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bombs, missiles, chemicals, biological agents, nuclear materials, etc, capable of use as weapons
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any means of defence or attack, as in an argument
Etymology
Origin of ammunition
1620–30; < Middle French amonitions, amunitions (plural) military supplies ( a- a- 5 + munition < Latin; munition ), or < French la munition, wrongly analyzed as l'amunition
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, Ethiopian police said in a Facebook statement that they had seized "more than 56,000 rounds of ammunition" in the Amhara region intended to "arm the Fano" rebels, and had arrested two suspects.
From BBC
The Prague-based company, a key supplier of ammunition, is the latest arms maker to try to tap into a rally in European defense stocks amid a spending boom as the continent pushes to rearm.
His exile to the archives provided him with the arsenal of ammunition he used against the system he came to detest.
It added that video footage from before the attack showed "heavy smoke of unknown origin", which it cited as evidence of ammunition detonated by Ukrainian armed forces.
From BBC
A live round of similar ammunition was also recovered from the rental car Buzzard used during the trip, according to law enforcement officials.
From Los Angeles Times
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