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MUNITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("munition" is a kind of...):
defence; defense; defensive structure (a structure used to defend against attack)
Meronyms (parts of "munition"):
bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "munition"):
stockade (fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense)
redoubt ((military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses)
breastwork; parapet (fortification consisting of a low wall)
palisade (fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground)
lunette (temporary fortification like a detached bastion)
fieldwork (a temporary fortification built by troops in the field)
escarp; escarpment; protective embankment; scarp (a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification)
entrenchment; intrenchment (an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches)
defilade (the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire)
castle (a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack)
bunker; dugout (a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground)
bastion (projecting part of a rampart or other fortification)
Instance hyponyms:
Maginot Line (a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940)
Siegfried line (German fortifications facing the Maginot Line)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Military supplies
Synonyms:
munition; ordnance; ordnance store
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("munition" is a kind of...):
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Weapons considered collectively
Synonyms:
arms; implements of war; munition; weaponry; weapons system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("munition" is a kind of...):
instrumentality; instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
Meronyms (parts of "munition"):
arm; weapon; weapon system (any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "munition"):
ammo; ammunition (projectiles to be fired from a gun)
armament (weaponry used by military or naval force)
bomb (an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions)
defence system; defense system (the weaponry available for the defense of a region)
gunnery (guns collectively)
hardware (major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile))
naval weaponry (weaponry for warships)
Derivation:
munition (supply with weapons)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supply with weapons
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "munition" is one way to...):
arm (supply with arms)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
munition (weapons considered collectively)
