ammunitions

noun

plural of ammunition
as in weapons
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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  1. weapons
  2. defenses
  3. safeguards
  4. shields
  5. protections
  6. walls
Noun
  • Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
  • Josh Brolin reprises his role as weapons master Gurney Halleck; Javier Bardem is back as Stilgar, leader of the Fremen tribe at Sietch Tabr; and Jason Momoa returns as Duncan Idaho/Hayt.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of weapons
Noun
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said that air defenses downed 73 Ukrainian drones from late Wednesday until early Thursday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said its defenses downed 73 Ukrainian drones from late Wednesday into early Thursday.
    — Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of defenses
Noun
  • The restrictions were overturned late last month following weeks of discussions that led to Anthropic creating additional cybersecurity safeguards for its technology.
    — Lorelei Smillie, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • Election officials in both states already use multiple safeguards to verify eligibility, maintain voter rolls, and investigate potential violations.
    — Reid Ribble, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of safeguards
Noun
  • Reflective, multilayer shields will block the most heat, and ones with a thicker foam core will work much better than thin ones.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Security-camera footage filmed Harris and Perez getting out of their cars armed with their Glock service pistols and ballistic shields, the report states.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Definition of shields
Noun
  • In a 6-3 ruling split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court determined that federal caps on coordinated spending between candidates and political parties violate constitutional free speech protections.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • Hawaii The state allows participation based on gender identity, with protections rooted in broader state anti-discrimination laws.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of protections
Noun
  • The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • Clean Grease Prints Similar to oil stains on clothes, chalk can also remove grease prints from doors, cabinets, walls, and other surfaces.
    — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 5 July 2026
Definition of walls
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