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Definition of Munition
1. Noun. Weapons considered collectively.
Exact synonyms: Arms, Implements Of War, Weaponry, Weapons System
Specialized synonyms: Ammo, Ammunition, Armament, Bomb, Defence System, Defense System, Gunnery, Hardware, Naval Weaponry
Generic synonyms: Instrumentality, Instrumentation
Terms within: Arm, Weapon, Weapon System
Specialized synonyms: Ammo, Ammunition, Armament, Bomb, Defence System, Defense System, Gunnery, Hardware, Naval Weaponry
Generic synonyms: Instrumentality, Instrumentation
Terms within: Arm, Weapon, Weapon System
2. Verb. Supply with weapons.
Generic synonyms: Arm
3. Noun. Military supplies.
4. Noun. Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it.
Exact synonyms: Fortification
Specialized synonyms: Bastion, Bunker, Dugout, Castle, Defilade, Entrenchment, Intrenchment, Escarp, Escarpment, Protective Embankment, Scarp, Fieldwork, Lunette, Palisade, Breastwork, Parapet, Redoubt, Stockade
Generic synonyms: Defence, Defense, Defensive Structure
Specialized synonyms: Maginot Line, Siegfried Line
Terms within: Bulwark, Rampart, Wall
Derivative terms: Fortify
Specialized synonyms: Bastion, Bunker, Dugout, Castle, Defilade, Entrenchment, Intrenchment, Escarp, Escarpment, Protective Embankment, Scarp, Fieldwork, Lunette, Palisade, Breastwork, Parapet, Redoubt, Stockade
Generic synonyms: Defence, Defense, Defensive Structure
Specialized synonyms: Maginot Line, Siegfried Line
Terms within: Bulwark, Rampart, Wall
Derivative terms: Fortify
Definition of Munition
1. n. Fortification; stronghold.
Definition of Munition
1. to furnish with war materiel [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Munition
1. 1. Fortification; stronghold. "His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks." (Is. Xxxiii. 16) 2. Whatever materials are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. "The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war." (Sir W. Raleigh) Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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