ammo
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈæmoʊ/
- Informal
:
munición
- The soldier loaded his rifle with the new ammo before heading into the field.
- guns and ammo
We got people who could make their own ammo, man.
- We got people who could make their own ammo, man.
- But when we discovered that it was Chinese ammo, we had to make a choice.
- And so the management of your ammo is important, which would include missiles.
- Go bag ammo and water, that's all you put in that thing.
- And then they they gather some more guns, ammo, money.
- Build a bunker and fill it with guns and ammo.
- Yes, they're black powder, but it seems like they never ran out of the ammo somehow and they did the job.
- You're in a virtual kayak, seated, you have a pistol on you, a sniper rifle, ammo, SMG on your back, binoculars.
- The cops came to us afterwards and we were about to leave and they said, have you boys got any ammo?
Examples
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Instead, they just bought a lot of ammo and toilet paper.
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I'm out of ammo!
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But when we discovered that it was Chinese ammo, we had to make a choice.
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But one thing the game really needs is more ammo, because nothing is worse than walking around.
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Get as much ammo as you can.
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Police Department's got it all: Guns, ammo, drugs, cash.
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Units like this really don't have that much ammo that they can use.
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We've got 5 guns, maybe 20 rounds of ammo.
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I found all these Med packs and ammo and grenades.
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When one runs out of ammo, the other tosses either a rifle or pistol to one another.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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2.2
A small metal object fired from a gun
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7.2
A single bullet or shell used in a gun
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5.3
Small metal objects like bullets and shells that guns shoot
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ammo is short for ammunition, which comes from an old Latin word munire meaning 'to build up' or 'to protect' and was used for the supplies people needed in war. So ammo today means the bullets and shells you load into guns.