noun / verb
munition
myoo-NISH-un/mjunˈɪʃʌn/
Military equipment and supplies, or to provide them.
The crate holds munitions, including a helmet, canteen, and boxed cartridges.
Etymology
From “fortify,” the noun first expressed fortification or defense. Its military-supplies meaning shifts attention from the act of defending to the weapons and materials used in war.
In context
ultramarines in charge of munition resupply were assaulted by hordes of cultic fanatics ICS succeeding in barricading themselves into ammunition manufactoria
More examples
- The factory produces munitions for the armed forces.
- Engineers safely removed unexploded munitions from the old training grounds.
- Supply crews munition the ships before they leave port.
Forms
munition · munitions · munitioned · munitioning
Similar words
- ammunition
- Specifically bullets, shells, and other items fired by weapons.
- armaments
- Weapons and military hardware, rather than military supplies generally.
- equip
- Means supplying needed gear for any purpose, not just warfare.