as in defense
means or method of defending
be certain that all of your accusations are true, lest you just give them ammunition to claim that all of them are false
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Recent Examples of ammunition
This includes, but is not limited to, fuses, blasting caps, fireworks, rockets, exploding targets, tracers, and incendiary ammunition.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Some of the ammunition was purchased from co-conspirators by undercover officers, while some was seized.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Mutch is legally barred from possessing ammunition due to his murder conviction for killing 13-year-old Cassie Riley in 1974.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Their stockpiles of Soviet-era ammunition soon began to run out.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Some of the ammunition was purchased from co-conspirators by undercover officers, while some was seized.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Mutch is legally barred from possessing ammunition due to his murder conviction for killing 13-year-old Cassie Riley in 1974.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Their stockpiles of Soviet-era ammunition soon began to run out.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ammunition
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Earlier Monday, Turkey's defense ministry announced that the alliance's air defenses deployed in the eastern Mediterranean had, for a fourth time during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, intercepted an Iranian missile that had entered its airspace.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Those are just some of the ways in which the three elements have become critical for modern manufacturing, including for defense.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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These connections raise broader questions about how Epstein was able to maintain influence, credibility, and protection across borders for so long.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Reversing those protections now would not be neutral.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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During the alleged assault, the victim managed to pull out a handgun, initiating a further struggle over the weapon.—
Andrew Adeolu,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Iran also is targeting data centers with both cyber and conventional weapons, showing how important the centers have become to the economy, communications and military information security.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The heat shield will experience temperatures of up to 5,000 degrees as the spacecraft rapidly slows in a blaze of atmospheric friction.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest, and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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For years, children have been warned not to share images online as a basic safeguard against exploitation.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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When that function collapses and every joke is screened for loyalty, society loses one of its best safeguards against tribal conformity.—
Robert Lynch,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Baldwin nearly had a homer in the seventh, but Athletics center fielder Denzel Clarke leaped above the wall to make a dazzling catch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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What Meyerson got in the first ALF where DCF deposited her was a bedraggled patio, plastic furniture, holes in the walls.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Ammunition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ammunition. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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