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Ammunition

AMMUNI'TION, n. [L. ad and munitio, from munio, to fortify.]
Military stores, or provisions for attack or defense. In modern usage, the signification is confined to the articles which are used in the discharge of fire-arms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, bombs, various kinds of shot, etc.
Ammunition-bread, bread or other provisions to supply troops.
ammunition appears in definitions for these words:
Adjutant Ammunition Blockade Caissoon Convoy Gunner Limbers Magazine Munition Park Prepare Return Store

 

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