ammunition

Speech parts

1. ammunition - Noun

2. ammunition - Verb

Meaning

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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.

To provide with ammunition.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ordnance ammo rounds Shells bullets missiles cartridges munitions projectiles dirk harpoon browning cleaver cannon buckshot
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

block save delay preserve drag spoon
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

information material arms stuff munition info

Hyponyms

belt round shell cartridge canister tracer

Phrases with the word

ammunition dump ammunition compound containing ammunition expensive ammunition dirty ammunition unit of ammunition

Derivatives

ammunitioned ammunitioning

Anagrams

antimonium

Examples

In the debate between those who believe in essentially unregulated markets and others who hold that reasonable regulation diminishes market excesses without inhibiting their basic function, the subprime situation unfortunately provides ammunition for the latter view. Barney Frank

In previous armies, soldiers used their time to clean their weapons and stock up on ammunition. Our weapons are words, and we may need our arsenal at any moment. Subcomandante Marcos

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary. Karl Marx

The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition. Ida Tarbell

Never get in a battle of wits without ammunition. American Proverb

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ammotrechid ammoxenid ammoxidation ammunition belt ammunition bread ammunition chest