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Our officers were in close proximity and were struck by federal munitions.—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025 The Russians had already been converting Soviet-era bombs into glide munitions with a range of some 80 kilometers (50 miles), allowing aircraft to fire them while staying well clear of Ukrainian air defenses.—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 After that, the exercise was halted and no more munitions were fired.—Calmatters, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025 After the round failed, the exercise was terminated, and no additional munitions were fired.—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 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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