munition

noun

mu·​ni·​tion myu̇-ˈni-shən How to pronounce munition (audio)
1
archaic : rampart, defense
2
munition transitive verb

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After the round failed, the exercise was terminated, and no additional munitions were fired. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025 Those are only the deceased who could be found and identified – at least 10,000 people are buried in the ruins, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense, whose teams are sifting through millions of tons of rubble and thousands of unexploded Israeli munitions among it. Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025 By contrast, the ICE facility was a mess of overflowing dumpsters, loose body armor and crowd control munitions and a broken HVAC air conditioning system that raised both temperatures and tempers in the aging building. Keith Wilson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 Moore had been working in the munitions industry for almost 19 years, his father, Gary Moore, said. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for munition

Word History

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

First Known Use

1508, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of munition was in 1508

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“Munition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/munition. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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munition

noun
mu·​ni·​tion myu̇-ˈnish-ənz How to pronounce munition (audio)

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