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
These targets include airfields, military plants, ammunition depots and warehouses, and also oil hubs and refineries, which have supplied President Vladimir Putin's military with fuel in the ongoing conflict, which began on February 24, 2022.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
The legislation would also stop funding for shooting sports facilities that do not ban lead ammunition.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Police also found a stash of handguns, silencers, 14 unregistered rifles and hunting guns, as well as large amounts of ammunition and clips, according to police sources.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
He was detained upon arriving at Heathrow in July 2011 after the authorities searched him and found, among other things, a live round of armor-piercing ammunition, according to court documents.
—Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
The legislation would also stop funding for shooting sports facilities that do not ban lead ammunition.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Police also found a stash of handguns, silencers, 14 unregistered rifles and hunting guns, as well as large amounts of ammunition and clips, according to police sources.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
He was detained upon arriving at Heathrow in July 2011 after the authorities searched him and found, among other things, a live round of armor-piercing ammunition, according to court documents.
—Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ammunition
Noun
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The Lakers’ defense has somehow been better since Davis went down (and then was traded).—
Jovan Buha,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Europe gains autonomy, America sheds defense burdens, and global trade explodes.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Whether the deletion was intentional, like a former employee deleting the data on 180 servers, or unintentional, like an accidental deletion causing a major outage for a social network, relying on redundancy as your only protection isn’t enough.—
Nick Martin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of probationary employees have already been dismissed, and the administration is now shifting its focus to career officials with civil service protections.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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There is now a furore over 500 billion Euros in defense bonds, joint nuclear shields and defense equipment shopping lists.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Above Chernobyl: After a Russian drone strike blew a hole in the radiation shield looming 40 stories above the site, Ukraine is working to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident.—
Kim Barker,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The safeguards are important, the lawmakers said, because identity theft or bankruptcy can mean a loss of a security clearance or the end of a service member’s career.—
Melissa Chan,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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This optimism is encouraging but is tempered by a consensus that to deliver on its transformational potential, AI must be implemented in a responsible and thoughtful manner – 97.5% of executives believe that responsible AI safeguards and guardrails for governing AI must be in place.—
Randy Bean,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The military said its forces had apprehended 26 terrorism suspects over the weekend and confiscated three guns and other weapons.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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She also is prohibited from having drugs, alcohol, or possessing a weapon, and would have to wear a GPS tether.—
Gina Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Our expert guide to Croatia island hopping from the ancient city walls of Dubrovnik to the world-famous Blue Cave of Bisevo.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Over the weekend, Yosemite National Park staffers protested the firing of their colleagues by hanging an upside-down American flag on the side of El Capitan, an iconic rock wall.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Ammunition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ammunition. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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