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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ammunition

/ămˌ-yən-ĭsh'-ən/ · Am·mu·ni·tion · IPA /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/
01 n. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
  1. 1.
    Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
  3. 3.
    Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
Phrases & compounds
Ammunition bread, shoes — such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers.
02 v. t. To provide with ammunition.
imp. & p. p. Ammunitioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Ammunitioning
  1. 1.
    To provide with ammunition.