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Noun: ammunition  ,am-yu'ni-shun
  1. Projectiles to be fired from a gun
    - ammo
     
  2. Any nuclear, chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
     
  3. Information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
    "his admission provided ammunition for his critics"

Derived forms: ammunitions

Type of: arms, gen [Brit, informal], implements of war, info [informal], information, material, munition, stuff, weaponry, weapons system

Encyclopedia: Ammunition