ammunition
noun
the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
ammunitions
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pluralof ammunition.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The weapons and ammunitions segment posted a 38% jump in third-quarter sales to 691 million euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Italy and the Czech Republic are among the European countries sending Indian ammunitions to Ukraine, it added.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
They also captured the Yarmouk ammunitions factory in June, seized areas east of the strategic Halfaya Bridge and recently took over the south Khartoum and Omdurman Central Reserve Police bases, according to residents and analysts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Stockpiling targets for ammunitions are, for security reasons, one of the alliance's best-kept secrets.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2023
"Now, sir," said Horse Shoe to the Ensign, "your sword, and whatever else you mought have about you of the ammunitions of war!"
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
