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ammunition
Found in thesaurus: munition, weapons system, implements of war, arms, weaponry, stuff, material, info, information
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ammunition
n.
projectiles shot from a weapon (bullets, grenades, bomb shells, etc.); something used to attack
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Ammunition
Ammunition (commonly shortened to ammo) is propellant and projectile, or broadly anything that can be used in combat including bombs, missiles, warheads, landmines, naval mines, and anti-personnel mines. The word comes from the French la munition which is all material used for war. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions.
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ammunition
Noun
1. projectiles to be fired from a gun
(synonym) ammo
(hypernym) weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition
(hyponym) cartridge
2. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
(hypernym) material, stuff
3. information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint; "his admission provided ammunition for his critics"
(hypernym) information, info
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Ammunition (die)
nf.
ammunition, projectiles shot from a weapon (bullets, grenades, bomb shells, etc.)
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ammunition
n.
střelivo; důkazy proti komu
