Ammunition - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌæmjʊˈnɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word ammunition
Brit.  |æmjʊˈnɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word ammunition

noun

- projectiles to be fired from a gun (syn: ammo)
- any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
- information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
his admission provided ammunition for his critics

Extra examples

The troops were supplied with weapons and ammunition.

...be certain that all of your accusations are true, lest you just give them ammunition to claim that all of them are false...

At seven in the evening their ammunition was nearly exhausted.

Rocks were my only ammunition against the bear.

His economic policies provide plenty of ammunition for his opponents.

His mistakes provided political opponents with even more ammunition.

...the guns and ammunition were stored in a depot in Concord...

The ammunition is stored in concrete bunkers.

There has been a series of explosions in an ammunition dump.

Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd.

The police also found a quantity of ammunition in the flat.

Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.

The rebels were told to turn in their weapons and ammunition.

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