MUNI'TION, noun [Latin munitio, from munio, to fortify.] 1. Fortification. 2. Ammunition; whatever materials are used in war for defense, or for annoying an enemy. The word includes guns of all kinds, mortars, etc. and their loading. 3. Provisions of a garrison or fortress, or for ships of war, and in general for an army; stores of all kinds for a fort, an army or navy. Munition-ships, ships which convey military and naval stores of any kind, and attend or follow a fleet to supply ships of war.
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