ammunition

noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Projectiles such as bullets, shells, and grenades that are fired from weapons, together with their propellant charges and primers.

  2. 2.

    (figurative) Information or material that can be used to attack or defend against someone in an argument or dispute.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    live ammunition — real bullets or shells, as opposed to blanks
  • •
    ammunition dump — a storage site for military ammunition

Related words

See also: ammo, bullets, firearm, weapons

Etymology

From French munition, with the initial la munition being reanalyzed as l'ammunition, from Latin munitio ("fortification").