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/ˌæmjənˈɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Ammunition n.

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. (Obs.)

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.

Ammunition bread, Ammunition shoes, etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. (Eng.)

verb

Ammunition v. t. (past & past part. ammunitioned; pres. part. ammunitioning) To provide with ammunition.

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Etymology of 'Ammunition'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ammunition" Quotes from Famous Books

... work became more advanced, Martin went out every day, accompanied either by Alfred or Henry, in pursuit of game. Mr Campbell had procured an ample supply of ammunition, as well as the rifles, at Quebec. These had been unpacked, and the young men were becoming daily more expert. Up to the present, the supply of game from the fort, and occasional fresh beef, had not rendered it necessary for Mr Campbell ...

— The Settlers in Canada • Frederick Marryat

... boy," said the professor, "discretion is the better part of valor. I am averse to the taking of human life, for I am a man of science and not a fighter. My advice is to check the advance of those bloodthirsty savages, and when your ammunition is spent, to run. As I am old, and not quick of foot, ...

— The Wizard of the Sea - A Trip Under the Ocean • Roy Rockwood

... their purple feathers; his silken braids untwine and slip their knots; and that original and fiery virtue given him by Fate all on a sudden goes out and leaves him undeified and despoiled of all his force; till, finding Anteros at last, he kindles and repairs the almost faded ammunition of his Deity by the reflection of a coequal and homogeneal fire. Thus mine author sung it to me; and, by the leave of those who would be counted the only grave ones, this is no mere amatorious novel (though to be wise and skilful in these matters men heretofore ...

— The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 • David Masson

... upon red-beaded deerskin leggings delicately thonged from the supple waist to the small and moccasined foot, upon a tunic elaborately banded in red and a belt of buckskin from which hung a hunting knife, a revolver and an ammunition pouch. ...

— Diane of the Green Van • Leona Dalrymple

... was slightly wounded, but they possessed their guns and had a plentiful supply of ammunition, and it was Dick's idea to use this. "We'll slide out, crawl along that gully there," and he pointed to Nort the one he meant, "and we'll take 'em on the flank. By keeping behind the rocks, and firing fast, we can make 'em think, ...

— The Boy Ranchers on the Trail • Willard F. Baker

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