Recent Examples on the WebThe flow of weapons appears to have only accelerated since, with a State Department spokesperson saying this week that Pyongyang had unlawfully transferred dozens of ballistic missiles and more than 11,000 containers of munitions to Moscow in recent months.—Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 June 2024 Kim leads a county that's able to supply those munitions.—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024 Some sources indicated that the explosion became catastrophic after detonating munitions stored onboard.—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 June 2024 In return for the munitions, Russia has sent to North Korea technology to help in its plans to deploy an array of spy satellites as well as conventional arms such as tanks and aircraft.—Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg, TIME, 14 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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