ammunition

ammunition
    n 1: projectiles to be fired from a gun [syn: {ammunition},
         {ammo}]
    2: any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be
       used as a weapon of mass destruction
    3: information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or
       argument or viewpoint; "his admission provided ammunition for
       his critics"
    

Ammunition \Am`mu*ni"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ammunitioned};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Ammunitioning}.]
   To provide with ammunition.
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Ammunition \Am`mu*ni"tion\, n. [F. amunition, for munition,
   prob. caused by taking la munition as l'amunition. See
   {Munition}.]
   1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or
      defense. [Obs.]
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   2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all
      kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps,
      rockets, etc.
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   3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
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   {Ammunition bread}, {shoes}, etc., such as are contracted for
      by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]
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