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Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

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  1. n. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
  2. n. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
  3. n. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
  4. v. t. To provide with ammunition.
  5. n. projectiles to be fired from a gun
  6. n. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction
  7. n. information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint
  8. 1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. [Obs.] 2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc. 3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative. Ammunition bread, shoes, etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.] To provide with ammunition.
  9. n:100 n. projectiles to be fired from a gun n. any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction n. information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint