Synonyms of ordnance

ordnance

noun

ˈȯrd-nən(t)s 

as in guns

large firearms (as cannons or rockets)

the army is waiting for the heavy ordnance to be brought in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guns
• weapons
• artillery
• weaponry
• munitions
• ammunition
• armament
• arms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ordnance

An explosion involving unexploded ordnance killed a student and injured 24 others during a school trip in northern Israel on Monday, officials said, as tensions continued across the Middle East. — Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2026

Seven weeks of American bombing of the Houthis in 2025 – which burned through $1 billion worth of ordnance – failed to lessen the Houthis’ ideological determination or their territorial grip. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026

During the summer, the sheriff’s bomb squad and the naval explosive ordnance disposal unit also responded to the beach to pick up a much more hazardous item, a Super Bazooka round. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Just imagine the sense of peace that visitors, tourists, and schoolchildren would feel standing atop an ammo dump full of ordnance. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026