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Of that, $3 billion would be allocated for rubble removal, clearing unexploded munitions, and constructing temporary housing.—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025 And while the glide bombs are inexpensive for a precision munition—each costing around $25,000—the Sukhoi jets that lob them two or four at a time aren’t cheap.—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 But even as late as the opening phases of the Iraq war in 2003, roughly a third of munitions dropped by the United States and its coalition partners were still unguided, general-purpose bombs.—Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025 Certainly, the United States can contribute rubble-removal equipment and help dispose of unexploded munitions before Hamas recycles them into new weapons.—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for munition
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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