Ammunition

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To provide with ammunition.

II. Ammunition ·noun Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.

III. Ammunition ·noun Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

IV. Ammunition ·noun Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, ·etc.

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