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munition

/ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/

Where it comes from

From Latin mūnitiō (“a defence, fortification”) via French munition, from mūnīre (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) + -tiō, from moenia (“city walls, defensive walls, or walls in general”). Equivalent to munite + -ion.

noun munitions

in plural Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition. Just as we can say that an English girl who leaves the narrow circle of her old life, and goes into a munition factory and joins a union and takes part in its debates, will never after be a docile home-slave; so we can say that the clergyman who helps in Y. M. C. A. work in France, or in Red Cross o
in plural Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).
obsolete, rare A tower or fortification. I wil stand vpon my watch, and fixe my steppe vpon the munition: and I wil behold, to see what may be sayd to me, and what I may answer to him that rebuketh me.

verb munitions · munitioning · munitioned

transitive To supply with munitions. Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?

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noun armaments, weapons, ammunition

Română	muniție

verb supply with munitions

Español	municionar
Français	munitionner
Italiano	munizionare

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@misc{munition_2026,
  title = {munition},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/munition},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}