Recent Examples on the WebTwo explosive weapons experts, Trevor Ball, a former US army explosive ordnance disposal technician, and Richard Weir, senior crisis and conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch, confirmed the munitions.—Benjamin Brown, CNN, 11 June 2024 Aides later said that the latest funding was a package of munitions that will include air defenses.—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 7 June 2024 The West, in particular, must create and share more munitions, weapons, and military bases.—Thomas G. Mahnken, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2024 Along the 900-mile-long front lines in eastern and northern Ukraine, military units that just weeks ago complained of a debilitating lack of artillery shells and other munitions are reporting an ability to once again match their Russian adversaries.—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for munition
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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
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