Complete Definition of "munition"

English

Etymology
Via F. from L. term|munition

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|usually plural armament|Armament, weaponry.

#*1918, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation Book 7.:
#*: 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 organization in America, will be less the bigot and formalist forever after.

  1. context|military|NATO ammunition.

Translations
trans-top|armament, weaponry
Finnish: aseistus
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trans-top|ammunition
Finnish: ampumatarvike|ampumatarvikkeet
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fr:munition
io:munition
pl:munition
ru:munition
vi:munition
zh:munition

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