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
Police further alleged that Neff had hollow-point ammunition when the accident occurred.
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Weapons, ammunition and cash seized Onboard, authorities found a trove of weapons, ammunition and cash.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Langworthy has been charged with murder, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and having an assault weapon later discovered during a search of his home, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition to the gun, 27 rounds of ammunition were found in his vehicle, police said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Weapons, ammunition and cash seized Onboard, authorities found a trove of weapons, ammunition and cash.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Langworthy has been charged with murder, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and having an assault weapon later discovered during a search of his home, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
In addition to the gun, 27 rounds of ammunition were found in his vehicle, police said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ammunition
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Their talks are expected to cover tariffs, regional security and Japan’s defense spending, all points of tension in recent months.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra Prabhat, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, is a tech and defense journalist.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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Its criminal activities include drug trafficking, arms trafficking, protection racketeering, loansharking, and turf wars against other criminal organizations in the area.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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The fire activated the building’s fire protection sprinklers on the 12th, 13th and 14th floors, and the water caused a power outage, according to the fire department.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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To better understand how these storms can wreak so much havoc, our research team created simulations to show how storms interact with Earth’s natural magnetic shield and trigger the dangerous geomagnetic activity that can shut down electric grids.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The head shield, all of those tiles on the bottom, would be stripped off.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
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Companies that host or enable these tools must now consider stronger safeguards and faster takedown systems.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The extension can display the pop-ups since users must agree to give it permission to read and change data, although the software has been designed with safeguards to prevent user surveillance or excessive data collection.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Takaichi plans to remove remaining restrictions on weapons exports in an effort to boost the defense industry.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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The idea that nuclear weapons have long attracted the interest of extraterrestrials is strongly ingrained within UFO mythology.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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On a recent day, a patron drank a Guinness at the bar amid walls are covered in funeral notices from people who had come for a drink after saying that final goodbye.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kimpton Armory Hotel — Montana The Art Deco building in Bozeman was originally constructed in 1941 to serve as the Montana National Guard’s armory, featuring 18-inch-thick walls, a rifle range, a soundproof music room and space for military vehicles.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Ammunition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ammunition. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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