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After months of uncertainty over Washington's commitment to arms for Ukraine in which the Pentagon announced a pause in munitions, later denied by Trump, momentum in the U.S. is growing to help Kyiv fight Putin's aggression.—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025 Officers also deployed less-lethal munitions during the encounter, police said in the statement.—Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025 And even after 83 years, the wreck remains armed with highly volatile munitions, scientists noted.—Mark Price
updated July 13, Miami Herald, 13 July 2025 The suit alleged that reporters covering the subsequent unrest were harmed by officers’ use of less-lethal munitions and through other measures.—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for munition
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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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