ammunition

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Indeed their longer residence in our neighbourhood would have been of little service to us, for our ammunition was almost completely expended though we had dealt it of late with a very sparing hand to the Indians.

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  1. noun Projectiles, such as bullets and shot, together with their fuses and primers, that can be fired from guns or otherwise propelled.
  2. noun Nuclear, biological, chemical, or explosive material, such as rockets or grenades, that are used as weapons.
  3. noun An object used as a missile in offense or defense: Rocks were my only ammunition against the bear.
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  • These, I found, were all that were alive, that had made good their landing With this force, having procured some ammunition from the Spanish prisoners we had made, we were marching to try what could be done with the citadel without ladders: but found the whole of the streets commanded by field-pieces; and upwards of eight thousand Spaniards, and one hundred French, under arms, approaching by every avenue. —  The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. I
  • Along the way the gun, the rifle, and the ammunition were all disposed of piece by piece. —  ConsenttoKill
  • The M16s are American, the ammunition is American, and Israelis doing it on behalf of the U.S. —  Latest Articles
  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. military says it canceled the shipment of ammunition from the Greek port of Astakos to a U.S. stockpile in Israel after Greek officials voiced concern. —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • The latest developments in Russian ammunition are represented by about 30 military-defence enterprises at the exhibition in Abu Dhabi. —  GlobalResearch.ca
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  1. Obsolete French amunition, from l'amunition, the provisioning, alteration of la munition, from Old French, from Latin mūnītiō, mūnītiōn-, fortification; see munition.

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  1. from French amunition, amonition (16th century), a corruption of munition, the prefix a- perhaps arising out of la munition understood as l'amunition: see munition.
  2. from ammunition, u.
 

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