Recent Examples on the WebAnd other nations have agreed to provide munitions for those systems.—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2024 Roughly comparable to the more advanced American JDAM guided bombs, these glide bombs are large Soviet-era munitions retrofitted with guidance systems that experts say often fail — resulting in impacts on Russian territory.—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 To make munitions for missiles and drones, Russia depends on micro-electronics imported from abroad, but U.S. and European measures have failed to block Moscow’s access to those electronic components.—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 26 June 2024 Earlier this month, US Air Force B-1B bombers participated in a live-fire exercise on the peninsula, the first time in seven years those long-range strike aircraft have dropped live munitions in South Korea.—Brad Lendon, CNN, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for munition
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Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Latin munition-, munitio, from munire to fortify, from moenia walls; akin to Latin murus wall and perhaps to Sanskrit minoti he builds, fastens
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