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noun
Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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noun
Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Qualifier: NATO
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
A tower or fortification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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verb
To supply with munitions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fortification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defensive structure, defense, defence
Narrower terms: bastion, bunker, dugout, castle, defilade, entrenchment, intrenchment, escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment, fieldwork, lunette, palisade, parapet, breastwork, redoubt, stockade, Maginot Line, Siegfried line
noun
military supplies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ordnance, ordnance store
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Broader terms: armament
noun
weapons considered collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: instrumentality, instrumentation
Narrower terms: ammunition, ammo, armament, bomb, defense system, defence system, gunnery, hardware, naval weaponry
verb
supply with weapons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: arm
History
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.
Across languages
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