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munition
noun as in ammunition
Example Sentences
A whizzing roar overwhelmed her ears as the bomber unleashed its munitions.
Police had exhausted their chemical munitions, which Glover said had done little to slow the attackers, and rioters inside maneuvered through the many passageways, only to suddenly appear in the middle of police lines, causing further havoc.
He said many rioters came prepared, with enhanced versions of munitions carried by police.
“I’ve never seen such sustained violence between law enforcement and citizens that wasn’t ended earlier by lots of teargas and less lethal munitions,” Millis said.
CFIUS was established in 1975 by President Gerald Ford to safeguard strategic industries like oil and munitions from foreign control.
Cargo holds are still stocked with munition, though the weaponry sunk with the ships is still considered dangerous.
First I had better fix the sequence of the munition cables, for upon them the whole attack has hung—or rather, hung fire.
It served the same King in his wars with France with eleven ships of war, well furnished with men and munition.
The Emperor proceeded at once to station the various corps along the Vistula, with provision and munition depots behind them.
The men are at war, the women in the munition plants and factories.
It is not known definitely how many ex-munition workers in this country are at present in Government unemployment.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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