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The single-use loitering munitions are designed for autonomous flight and affordable mass deployment.—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025 Officers used less-than-lethal munitions during the disturbance, which led to one person being transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries.—Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025 Don't miss Torpedo Factory Art Center, a former munitions plant that's been converted into three floors of galleries, shops, and studios.—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025 The Chinese answer to these loitering munitions includes the DFX-50 and DFX-100 as well as the ASN-301, FL-300D and LOONG M9.—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for munition
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Etymology
Middle French, from Latin munition-, munitio, from munire to fortify, from moenia walls; akin to Latin murus wall and perhaps to Sanskrit minoti he builds, fastens
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