munition
45
7.6
- noun
- /məˈnɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
munición
- And these munitions are not nuclear, despite the word uranium.
- precision-guided munitions
- unexploded munitions
- a munitions factory
The stocks of of munitions are lower than they should be.
- The stocks of of munitions are lower than they should be.
- Certain critical supplies, like long range precision guided munitions, would likely run out in less than a week.
- In fact, Iran just got its shipment from Russia of air defense, munitions and weaponry.
- FDR sent munitions and armaments to Europe without congressional approval.
- And then they passed the lease, the Lend Lease Act, which allowed us to buy enormous amounts of munitions from them as well.
- So a loitering munition is a type of rocket or even a propeller driven drone that you would fire.
- And they calculated how many conventional munitions you would have to use to achieve the same blast impact on a city.
- Much smarter people than me figure out how far a bomb or whatever type of munition you use, how far both the fragmentation and the concussive blast go.
- We've lot we spent most, most of our munitions to Middle East and and and Ukraine.
- And these munitions are not nuclear, despite the word uranium.
- So, so they put out this contract for all the munitions.
- So the international trade and arms regulations treat all satellites as munitions.
- We're making a huge effort to use extremely accurate high precision munitions so on.
- And so it goes for everyone has a story, great or small, private or general, munitions worker to flying ace.
- We don't want to deplete all of our munitions and hardware in Ukraine when we are when they're needed in Israel.
Examples
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And now the US is sending tons of weapons and munitions to Ukraine's army.
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A cargo ship carrying munitions explodes in the harbor.
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Then, return with every munition you can load.
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Other munitions production figures are as follows.
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The camp used to be a munitions factory, they tell me.
Fiction book (1999) -
But the most common and iconic munition is the Storm Eagle rocket.
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Upon release, these munitions will strike targets of interest quickly and accurately.
Academic text (2003) -
Certain critical supplies, like long range precision guided munitions, would likely run out in less than a week.
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The greater part of this materiel consisted of munitions, helicopters, spare parts, small arms, and anti-aircraft.
Academic text (1990) -
The soldiers were ordered to inspect the munition before the next battle.
Synonyms
197
5.3
Small metal objects like bullets and shells that guns shoot
85
5.2
The complete collection of weapons a country or group has
82
4.2
Tools used for fighting that belong to a country or group, like guns and swords
69
5.9
Military machines and weapons used in war, like tanks and missiles
30
8.7
Weapons and ammunition used by an army, especially large guns
21
7.0
Weapons and equipment like guns, tanks and ships that an army uses
4
8.8
Equipment and supplies used by an army
2
2.8
Weapons and military equipment used for fighting
1
4.3
A collection of weapons and equipment that a country keeps for war or to protect itself
1
7.0
Weapons used in war like guns or swords
Compounds
- Specialized
A U.S. military kit that turns a regular bomb dropped from a plane into a precise guided bomb
How Armed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Munition comes from the Latin munire, which means 'to fortify' or 'to defend'. Think of the weapons, bullets and supplies that make an army strong, and you have munition, so the modern word means the weapons and equipment used in war.