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ammunition (noun)

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  • ammunition — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ live ▪ blank (esp. BrE) ▪ artillery … OF AMMUNITION ▪ round VERB + AMMUNITION …   Collocations dictionary

  • ammunition — ► NOUN 1) a supply or quantity of bullets and shells. 2) points used to support one s case in argument. ORIGIN from French la munition the fortification …   English terms dictionary

  • ammunition — noun Etymology: obsolete French amunition, from Middle French, alteration of munition Date: 1607 1. a. the projectiles with their fuses, propelling charges, or primers fired from guns b. cartridges c. explosive military items (as grenades or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ammunition — I noun apparatus belli, armament, armature, arms, ballistics, cartridges, charge, defense, deterrent, explosive, firearms, gunnery, gunpowder, materials of combat, means of attack, muniment, munition, panoply, propellants, provisions, weapons II… …   Law dictionary

  • ammunition — noun (U) 1 bullets, shells shell 1 (2) etc that are fired from guns 2 information that you can use to criticize someone or win an argument against them: The oil spill was to give environmentalists powerful new ammunition against the oil companies …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ammunition — noun police seized arms and ammunition Syn: bullets, shells, projectiles, missiles, rounds, shot, slugs, cartridges, munitions; informal ammo …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ammunition chest — noun a chest to hold ammunition • Syn: ↑caisson • Hypernyms: ↑chest …   Useful english dictionary

  • ammunition scuttle — noun : an opening through a ship door or bulkhead to permit the passing of ammunition …   Useful english dictionary

  • ammunition — noun /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/ a) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc. b) Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative. <! material copied from Websters Revised… …   Wiktionary

  • ammunition — noun 1》 a supply or quantity of bullets and shells. 2》 information that can be used to support one s case in an argument. Origin C16: from obs. Fr. amunition, alt. (by wrong division) of la munition (see munition) …   English new terms dictionary

  • ammunition — [17] Ammunition is one of many words which resulted from a mistaken analysis of ‘article’ plus ‘noun’ (compare ADDER). In this case, French la munition ‘the munitions, the supplies’ was misapprehended as l’ammunition, and borrowed thus into… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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