MUNITION

fortification, munition

(noun) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it

munition, ordnance, ordnance store

(noun) military supplies

weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system, munition

(noun) weapons considered collectively

munition

(verb) supply with weapons

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

munition (plural munitions)

(chiefly, in the plural) Materials of war: armaments, weapons and ammunition.

(chiefly, in the plural, military, NATO) Bombs, rockets, missiles (complete explosive devices, in contrast to e.g. guns).

(rare, obsolete) A tower or fortification.

Verb

munition (third-person singular simple present munitions, present participle munitioning, simple past and past participle munitioned)

(transitive) To supply with munitions.

Source: Wiktionary

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Mu*ni"tion, n. Etym: [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.] His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. Is. xxxiii. 16.

2. Whatever materials are used in war for drfense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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