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Some are giving Russia the means to prolong the war—men and munitions.—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024 By early August, Kim Jong-sik, deputy director of North Korea's munitions department had visited a KN-23 missile launch site near the Russia-Ukraine front with North Korean military officers, the NIS added, according to a translation.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 After being evacuated out of London on a train with other children for safekeeping, George immediately runs away and perilously heads back home to his munitions worker mom, Rita (Saoirse Ronan), and musical grandfather Gerald Hanway (Paul Weller of The Jam).—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024 The aid package includes weapons that will be pulled from existing U.S. stockpiles, including air defense interceptors for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and 155mm artillery and armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for munition
Word History
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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