munitions industry
- noun
- /mjuˈnɪʃənz ˈɪndəstri/
- Specialized
:
industria de municiones
- The munitions industry plays a crucial role in national defense by providing weapons and military equipment.
Examples
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Certainly, the latter greases the wheels of the huge munitions industry, and that may be just the tip of the iceberg.
Blog text (31) -
As this discovery was very important for the munitions industry during the war, it could hardly be considered to have been an unalloyed "benefit to mankind."
Academic text (1997) -
I might have instituted a draft and revived the munitions industry at the first sign of sabre rattling in my vicinity, aided by the propaganda machine that thoroughly distracted me from knowing what I was doing.
Academic text (1990) -
After the conflict, many countries focused on rebuilding their munitions industry to ensure military readiness.
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The government announced new regulations intended to increase safety standards in the munitions industry.
Synonyms
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A business that makes and sells weapons and equipment for the army
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Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun composition: 'munitions' (weapons/ammunition) + 'industry' (sector producing goods), so a learner who knows those constituents can directly infer it refers to the sector that manufactures weapons and military equipment. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English noun compounding, making the meaning predictable.
Etymology
Munitions industry combines munitions (an old word for military supplies like bullets and shells) and industry (factories). Picture factories filling crates with shells and sending them to the front; that's why the phrase means 'the part of industry that makes weapons and military equipment'.