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ammunition
[ am-yuh-nish-uhn ]
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.
- the means of igniting or exploding such material, as primers, fuzes, and gunpowder.
- any material, means, weapons, etc., used in any conflict:
a crude ammunition of stones.
- information, advice, or supplies to help defend or attack a viewpoint, argument, or claim:
Give me some ammunition for the debate.
- Obsolete. any military supplies.
ammunition
/ ˌæʊˈɪʃə /
noun
- any projectiles, such as bullets, rockets, etc, that can be discharged from a weapon
- bombs, missiles, chemicals, biological agents, nuclear materials, etc, capable of use as weapons
- any means of defence or attack, as in an argument
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ammunition1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ammunition1
Example Sentences
"If you've got world leaders who are only too happy to dismiss anything factual they don't like as 'fake news', why would you give them the ammunition of literal fake news?"
The report's author, armed forces commissioner Eva Högl, revealed dire shortages ranging from ammunition to soldiers, right down to dilapidated barracks.
The Liberals, meanwhile, have used it as political ammunition to bolster their attack line that Trump and Poilievre are too similar for Canadians who want to stand up to the US.
One document was headed "armoury keys and hold IDS codes", which the BBC understands relates to accessing an armoury - a storage area for weapons and ammunition - and an intruder detection system.
Except the Bruins kept stumbling into the thing, shattering any chance they had of beating a team possessing far more ammunition in what was supposed to be a rock fight of a basketball game.
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