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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

... ever heard or read—delivered to simple minds unversed in the science ethical. He landed hot shot into the very stronghold of the enemy and his audience saw his points. I find the mind of David Kildare rather well provisioned with the diverse ammunition needed in political warfare. The whisky ring is making a stand and fighting the inches of retreat. I believe it to ...

— Andrew the Glad • Maria Thompson Daviess

... of his stock in trade. Buck looked the lot over carefully, finally picking out a thirty-eight Colt with a good heft. When he had paid for this and a supply of ammunition, Pop led the way out to a shed back of the store and pointed out a Fraser saddle, worn but in excellent condition, hanging from ...

— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames

... attempt at rescue. Mounting his four captives on their horses, their feet lashed to the stirrups, their hands bound, all the abandoned arms, ammunition and provisions destroyed and the camp burned, Loring led promptly away up the range toward the north until clear of the timber, then down the westward slope toward the Laramie valley once more, searching for a secure place to bivouac. Far to the north the grand old peak loomed ...

— A Wounded Name • Charles King

... Bormida and the ground over which the army was now retreating was covered with the dead bodies of men and horses, dismounted cannon and shattered ammunition wagons. Here and there rose columns of flame and smoke from the ...

— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere

... had. The numbers only amounted to about two thousand three hundred, and it was not long before the clans began to quarrel with each other, and all with the Irish. As to their weapons, the Irish had matchlock guns, which took a long time to load, and one round of ammunition apiece, while the Highlanders had seized upon anything that happened to be in their cottages and showed a medley of bows, pikes, clubs, and claymores—a kind of broad sword. As to horses, ...

— The Red Book of Heroes • Leonora Blanche Lang

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