Definition of ammunition in English:
ammunition
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noun
1A supply or quantity of bullets and shells.
‘guns, ammunition, and explosives’- ‘an ammunition dump’
bullets, shells, projectiles, missiles, rounds, shot, slugs, cartridges, rockets, bombs, storesView synonyms- 1.1Considerations that can be used to support one's case in debate.
- ‘these figures provide ammunition to the argument for more resources’
arguments, considerations, points, pointers, material, information, evidence, testimony, facts, data, inputView synonyms
Pronunciation
Origin
Late 16th century from obsolete French amunition, alteration (by wrong division) of la munition ‘the munition’ (see munition).
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