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How to use munition in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun, verb

Munition means materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition. Example: “Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?”

Examples of munition by meaning

verbTo supply with munitions.

  • Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 154

More sentences with munition

  • Bombs and munitions meanwhile contain toxic substances that contaminate soil, water, and vegetation.2025 November 20, Simmone Shah, “Ukraine to Claim $44bn in Climate Damages From Russia. Why War Is So Bad For Emissions”, in TIME…. From the entry contaminate
  • Improved energetics can help the Department of Defense build smaller munitions that still pack a punch.2022 April 20, Nadia Schadlow, Brady Helwig, “Ukraine war shows America could be outgunned without investing in energetics”, in Breaking…. From the entry energetic
  • She noted that the report stated the Kargu-2 and “other loitering munitions” attacked convoys and retreating fighters.2021 June 3, Maria Cramer, quoting Ulrike Franke, “A.I. Drone May Have Acted on Its Own in Attacking Fighters, U.N. Says”, in The New York…. From the entry loitering munition
  • Unlike homing munitions, loitering munitions do not require precise intelligence on enemy targets before launch.2018, Paul Scharre, chapter 3, in Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN. From the entry loitering munition
  • Information dissemination about the destruction of the Khamisiyah munitions depot in Iraq is a case and point.2003, Monica J. Casper, Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life, page 222. From the entry case and point
  • The antirunway munitions are specifically designed to cause maximum destruction to airfield pavements.1991, Airpower Journal 1911, page 45. From the entry pavement
  • Since they all had a slightly yellow tinge to their skin, he assumed they were munitions workers.1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 119. From the entry munitionette
  • Some of the specialized weapons may be antirunway munitions or fuel-air explosives.1991, Airpower Journal 1911, page 45. From the entry antirunway
  • The buildings were used in World War II to repair freight cars used to haul munitions.1977 February 13, Lynda McDonnell, “Railroad, college link up for profit”, in Minneapolis Tribune, volume CX, number 265, page 11C. From the entry humongously
  • Munition makers who profit from wars compose an evil superpersonal force.1944, Vernon Parker Bodein, The social gospel of Walter Rauschenbusch and its relation to religious education. From the entry superpersonal
  • Admiral Helfrich needed men & munitions, but especially aircraft and airmen.1942 February 23, “Dutchman's Chance”, in TIME, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2008. From the entry United Nations
  • But Western analysts have remained skeptical, calling the missiles, modified versions of existing conventional munitions, “new wine in old bottles.”2023 May 6, Marc Santora, Eric Schmitt, John Ismay, “Ukraine Claims It Shot Down Russia’s Most Sophisticated Missile for First Time”, in…. From the entry new wine in an old bottle
  • Specifically, Guangzhou with its links to Xianggang was the ideal receiver base for war munitions into south China.1982, Anthony B. Chan, Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928, Vancouver: University of British…. From the entry Xianggang
  • Has the shifting policy of win-win to win-hold-win and back to win-win had an impact on your munitions requirements determinations?1962, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense appropriations for ...: Part 3. From the entry win-win
  • We are piling up munitions now faster than you.1917, H.G. Wells, War and the Future. From the entry outgun
  • Kim chose Kim Jae-ryong, who has built his credentials as party boss of Jagang Province, which is home to many of the North’s munitions factories.2019 April 12, Choe Sang-Hun, “Kim Jong-un Says He’s Open to Another Trump Meeting, With Conditions”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Jagang
  • Soviet and American volunteer fliers join in attacks on Japanese positions at Sinsiang, Changteh, and Chihsien, where munitions and planes are destroyed.2007, Rodney P. Carlisle, editor, Day by Day: The Thirties, volume 2, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 828, column 5. From the entry Sinsiang
  • Whilst they were a munition, a torpedo is far more complex and took far longer to build than a shell for a naval gun, even a battleship shell.2020 February 12, Drachinifel, 8:16 from the start, in The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions, archived from the original on 24 Nov…. From the entry kamikaze

Meaning of munition

  1. noun Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
  2. noun Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
  3. noun A tower or fortification.

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Questions about munition in a sentence

How do you use munition in a sentence?
Munition is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?”
What is a short sentence with munition?
“We are piling up munitions now faster than you.”
What does munition mean?
Munition means materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.

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