munition
    n 1: weapons considered collectively [syn: weaponry, arms,
         implements of war, weapons system, munition]
    2: military supplies [syn: munition, ordnance, ordnance
       store]
    3: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built
       around a stronghold to strengthen it [syn: fortification,
       munition]
    v 1: supply with weapons

Munition \Mu*ni"tion\, n. [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.]
   1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.]
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            His place of defense shall be the munitions of
            rocks.                                --Is. xxxiii.
                                                  16.
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   2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for
      annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and
      provisions; military stores of all kinds.
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            The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly
            be called the sinews of war.          --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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