Munition
[mjʊ'nɪʃ(ə)n] or [mju'nɪʃn]
Definition
(n.) Fortification; stronghold.
(n.) Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds.
Checker: Maryann
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ammunition, military stores.
Typist: Theodore
Examples
- He was a typical man of the new Equestrian type, the social equivalent of a modern munition profiteer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The masses of 1919, on the other hand, had been uprooted everywhere, to go into the armies, to go into munition factories, and so on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There is no always either with our munitions or theirs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Many striking examples of the power of explosives have been accidentally furnished of late, in the course of making munitions for the European war. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The naval force had been already assembled, or was assembling, but they were obliged to run into Beaufort for munitions, coal, etc. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Moving in the enemy's country he travelled with a wagon train to carry his provisions and munitions of war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Maura