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Definition of 'munition'

noun

Weapons considered collectively [syn: weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition]

noun

Military supplies [syn: munition, ordnance, ordnance store]

noun

Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it [syn: fortification, munition]

verb

Supply with weapons

From: GCIDE

Munition \Mu*ni"tion\, n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. Ammunition.]
1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. --Is. xxxiii. 16. [1913 Webster]
2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. [1913 Webster]
The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]