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Noun: munition  myoo'ni-shun
  1. Military supplies
    "The soldiers restocked their ammunition from the munition store";
    - ordnance, ordnance store
     
  2. Weapons considered collectively
    "The museum had an impressive display of medieval munition";
    - weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system
     
  3. Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
    "The castle's munitions protected it from invasion";
    - fortification [rare]
Verb: munition  myoo'ni-shun
  1. Supply with weapons
    "The army munitioned its troops before the battle"

Derived forms: munitioned, munitioning, munitions

Type of: arm, armament, defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure, instrumentality, instrumentation, means

Encyclopedia: Munition