the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
the means of igniting or exploding such material, as primers, fuzes, and gunpowder.
any material, means, weapons, etc., used in any conflict: a crude ammunition of stones.
information, advice, or supplies to help defend or attack a viewpoint, argument, or claim: Give me some ammunition for the debate.
Obsolete. any military supplies.
Origin of ammunition
1620–30; <Middle French amonitions, amunitions (plural) military supplies (a-a-5 + munition<Latin; see munition), or <French la munition, wrongly analyzed as l'amunition
One image featured by the account shows a young man draped in ammunition and cradling a rifle in his hands.
Michigan kidnapping plot, like so many other extremist crimes, foreshadowed on social media|Craig Timberg, Isaac Stanley-Becker|October 8, 2020|Washington Post
Scavengers often acquire toxic levels of lead from eating gut piles and dead animals which contain lead ammunition fragments.
Bone broth will sustain you at home and in the wild. Here’s how to make it.|By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life|October 5, 2020|Popular Science
If the public decides this process wasn’t trustworthy, it will give ammunition to efforts to discredit all vaccines.
How To Know When You Can Trust A COVID-19 Vaccine|Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com)|September 23, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Vista Outdoor, owner of brands including Bushnell rifle scopes and Federal ammunition, attributes its recent growth largely to the strength of the shooting sports market.
Gun Sales Are Surging — and Not Just Because of the Pandemic|Fiona Zublin|August 23, 2020|Ozy
Though the new study is unscientific, it’s likely to give ammunition to transit and housing advocates who’ve argued that the groups are not representative and in need of reform.
Morning Report: MTS Doled Out Violations Disproportionately|Voice of San Diego|July 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
It was with this ammunition that Australians organized protests at events where Blanc was scheduled to appear.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Louise and Bibi returned to their home, they found it strewn with ammunition and pockmarked with mortar craters.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When we asked about where the ammunition in the Korengal came from, all that Zalwar Khan ever said was, “They came from Allah.”
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The battalion also is short of ammunition, Sergei says, but he insists he would still like to return to battle.
Corruption Eats Away at Ukraine Military|Charles McPhedran|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A French fleet arrived in May, with provisions, clothing, and ammunition.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800|Mary Frances Cusack
Hadn't we better go up to the town and purchase a few rifles and some ammunition?
A Bid for Fortune|Guy Boothby
But as far as I recollect, that warning, inexorable as it was, only touched the question of ammunition.
Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918|Sir Stanley Maude
This fact accounts for the comparatively little mischief they did in proportion to the quantity of ammunition thrown away.
The History of the First West India Regiment|A. B. Ellis
We had not more than three or four rounds of ammunition for each musket; and not so much, should we again have to load the guns.
The Young Llanero|W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for ammunition
ammunition
/ (ˌæmjʊˈnɪʃən) /
noun
any projectiles, such as bullets, rockets, etc, that can be discharged from a weapon
bombs, missiles, chemicals, biological agents, nuclear materials, etc, capable of use as weapons
any means of defence or attack, as in an argument
Word Origin for ammunition
C17: from obsolete French amunition, by mistaken division from earlier la munition; see munition