Ammunition Definition
ămyə-nĭshən
noun
Projectiles, such as bullets and shot, together with their fuses and primers, that can be fired from guns or otherwise propelled.
American Heritage
Any military supplies.
Webster's New World
Nuclear, biological, chemical, or explosive materials, such as rockets or grenades, that are used as weapons.
American Heritage
Anything hurled by a weapon or exploded as a weapon, as bullets, gunpowder, shot, shells, bombs, grenades, rockets, etc.
Webster's New World
Objects used as missiles in offense or defense.
Rocks were my only ammunition against the bear.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Ammunition
Noun
Singular:
ammunition
Plural:
ammunitionsOrigin of Ammunition
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Obsolete French amunition from l'amunition the provisioning alteration of la munition from Old French from Latin mūnītiō mūnītiōn- fortification munition
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French amunition, for munition, probably caused by taking "la munition" as "l'amunition". See munition.
From Wiktionary
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