ammunition
/ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/
ammunition noun: articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Noun
ammunition (countable and uncountable, plural ammunitions)
- Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
- Hiro risks turning on a small flashlight, uses it to rummage around the yatcht, picking up valuable stuff: a few bottles of (presumably) drinkable water, some food, extra ammunition for his nine.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 359
- Synonyms:
- ammo
- Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
- ammunition bread
- ammunition shoes
- Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict.
- They say that the booklet gives them ammunition which is proving effective in breaking down resistance against home building which was created by false propaganda.1938, American Lumberman, page 52
- As long as the integration fight is in progress, some Southerners are willing to believe anything if it gives them ammunition in their fight to "retain our traditional way of life." If you have any wise bits of philosophy, please pass them along.1960, America, Volume 104, America Press, page 697
Verb
ammunition (third-person singular simple present ammunitions, present participle ammunitioning, simple past and past participle ammunitioned)
- To supply with ammunition.
ammunition meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
ammunition in Tamil
- கணைகள்
ammunition in Urdu
- اسلحہ, گولا بارود
ammunition in Malayalam
- യുദ്ധസാമഗ്രി, വെടിമരുന്ന്, വെടിക്കോപ്പുകളിൽ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന സാമഗ്രി
ammunition in Kannada
- ಯುದ್ಧಸಾಮಗ್ರಿ, ಮದ್ದು ಗುಂಡು, ಸ್ಫೋಟಕಗಳು
More languagesFewer languages
- ammunition in Pashto
- مهمات muhimāt
- ammunition in Tagalog
- munisyon
- ammunition in Arabic
- ذُخِيرَة ḏuḵīra
- ammunition in Malay
- amunisi
- ammunition in Indonesian
- amunisi
- ammunition in Thai
- กระสุนปืน grà-sǔn-bpʉʉn, กระสุน grà-sǔn, ดินดำ, ลูกปืน lûuk-bpʉʉn
- ammunition in Vietnamese
- đạn dược
- ammunition in Myanmar
- ခဲယမ်းမီးကျောက် hkai:yam:mi:kyauk
Examples of ammunition in a sentence
- Providing your administrator(s) with evidence of research progress gives them ammunition to request additional funds from the site-based management pool.2005, Blanche Woolls, David V. Loertscher, The Whole School Library Handbook, American Library Association, →ISBN, page 146:
- It gives them ammunition and fuels their engines to come after you.2010, Joan Kloth-Zanard, Where Did I Go Wrong? How Did I Miss the Signs? Dealing with Hostile Parenting & Parental Alienation, Lulu.com...
- However, preventing a vote from taking place could give ammunition to the SNP, which argues that Scotland’s view carries little weight in the union.2017 February 27, Mure Dickie, Henry Mance, “Theresa May’s speech to head off Scottish independence poll”, in Financial Times:
Synonyms of ammunition
Forms of ammunition
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ammunitions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ammunitions |
| present participle | ammunitioning |
| past participle | ammunitioned |
| past | ammunitioned |
Origin of ammunition
From older French amunition, rebracketing of la munition (“the war supplies”) as l'amunition. Ultimately from Latin; see munition for more.
Words formed from ammunition
Phrases with ammunition
Questions about ammunition
- What does ammunition mean?
- Ammunition means articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
- What is ammunition in Tamil?
- Ammunition in Tamil is கணைகள். See Ammunition meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use ammunition in a sentence?
- Providing your administrator(s) with evidence of research progress gives them ammunition to request additional funds from the site-based management pool.
- What part of speech is ammunition?
- Ammunition can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce ammunition?
- Ammunition is pronounced /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of ammunition?
- The plural of ammunition is ammunitions.
Words near ammunition in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ammunition (page history and authors); ammunition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammunition (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammunition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammunition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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