munition

/ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/

munition means materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.

munition is pronounced /ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/.

Etymology

From Latin mūnitiō (“a defence, fortification”) via French munition, from mūnīre (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) + -tiō, from moenia (“city walls, defensive walls, or walls in general”). Equivalent to munite + -ion.

noun

Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
A tower or fortification.e.g.“I wil stand vpon my watch, and fixe my steppe vpon the munition: and I wil behold, to see what may be sayd to me, and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me.” — 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Habacuc 2:1:

verb

To supply with munitions.e.g.“Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?” — 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 154:

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