Noun: ammunition ,am-yu'ni-shun
- Projectiles to be fired from a gun
"The soldiers stocked up on ammunition before the mission";
- ammo [informal]
- Any nuclear, chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
"The inspectors searched for evidence of chemical ammunition"
- Information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
"his admission provided ammunition for his critics"
Derived forms: ammunitions
Type of: arms, gen [Brit, informal], implements of war, info [informal], information, material, munition, stuff, weaponry, weapons system
Encyclopedia: Ammunition