ordnance
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The unexploded ordnance, some of which was heard going off during the dayslong effort to quench the fire, made it harder for firefighters to get close to the blaze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A fourth servicemember was killed last week in Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Either Osborn or Kelley-Eklund then took the ordnance home and left it in their truck overnight, or brought it into their house, the lawsuit alleges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The city was heavily bombed during World War Two and unexploded ordnance is still occasionally discovered.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Distant grumbling of thunder or ordnance or both.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing ordnance
The Things They Carried
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