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AMMUNITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Projectiles to be fired from a gun
Synonyms:
ammo; ammunition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ammunition" is a kind of...):
arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system (weapons considered collectively)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ammunition"):
belt; belt ammunition; belted ammunition (ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun)
cartridge (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun)
canister; canister shot; case shot (a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm)
powder and shot (ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets)
one shot; round; unit of ammunition (a charge of ammunition for a single shot)
shell (ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun)
tracer; tracer bullet (ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
Example:
his admission provided ammunition for his critics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ammunition" is a kind of...):
info; information (a message received and understood)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ammunition" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Context examples:
And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The cases of ammunition and of food were scattered about in a wild litter, together with our unfortunate cameras and plate-carriers, but none of them were missing.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He heard a shot, then two shots, in rapid succession, and he knew that Bill's ammunition was gone.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
For though we had a good enough place of it in the cabin of the HISPANIOLA, with plenty of arms and ammunition, and things to eat, and excellent wines, there had been one thing overlooked—we had no water.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He put on his hat and went out, stopping in at a gun-store, where he spent the remainder of the morning buying automatic rifles, ammunition, and fishing tackle.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
From my note-book I tore out a page, and from the ammunition box took a shot-gun shell.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
If we put these three ammunition cases under the branch, I will soon hoist you on to it.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Next to obtain was a stock of ammunition,—an easy matter, though I had to enter the steerage companion-way to do it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Finally he descended and carried up two other packets of mixed goods—a box of ammunition and a number of other things, all of which we got across by throwing our rope to him and hauling it back.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
