War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural.
tr.v., -tioned, -tioning, -tions.To supply with munitions.
[Middle English municion, privilege supported by a document, from Old French, fortification, from Latin mūnītiō, mūnītiōn-, from mūnītus, past participle of mūnīre, to defend, from moenia, defensive walls of a town.]
(DOD, NATO) A complete device charged with explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, or nuclear, biological, or chemical material for use in military operations, including demolitions. Certain suitably modified munitions can be used for training, ceremonial, or nonoperational purposes. Also called ammunition. (Note: In common usage, munitions [plural] can be military weapons, ammunition, and equipment.) See also explosive ordnance.
The noun munition has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: weapons considered collectively
Synonyms: weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system
Meaning #2: defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
Synonym: fortification
The verb munition has one meaning:
Meaning #1: supply with munition
Munition is often defined as a synonym for ammunition. A slightly broader definition would include bombs, missiles, warheads, and mines (landmines, naval mines, and claymore mines) -- what munitions factories manufacture. These munitions are flung all over battlefields and war zones with lethal intent; unexploded ones may pose a hazard to civilians for years afterwards. The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) contains no explosives itself; it adds guidance capability to an attached gravity bomb, making it into a so-called smart bomb. The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a man-portable nuclear weapon.
Encryption software may also be considered a munition. Until 1996, U.S. Government International Traffic in Arms Regulations prohibited the export of anything stronger than 40-bit encryption.
The U.S. Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has published the United States Munitions List with 24 categories of munitions:
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vben, krigsmateriel, ammunition
v. tr. - forsyne med vben, ammunition
Nederlands (Dutch)
munitie, van munitie voorzien, wapens, bommen
Franais (French)
n. - matriel ou quipement ( multiusage)
v. tr. - (Mil) fournir des munitions
Deutsch (German)
n. - Munition, Ausrstung, Kriegsmaterial
v. - mit Munition ausrsten
ή (Greek)
n. - ό
v. - ά ό
Italiano (Italian)
fornire di munizioni, munizioni
Portugus (Portuguese)
n. - munio (f), equipamento (m)
v. - abastecer
Русский (Russian)
военное имущество, укрепление, обеспечивать снаряжением, работать на военном заводе
Espaol (Spanish)
n. - municin, pertrecho
v. tr. - amunicionar
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utrustning, krigsmateriel, befstning
v. - utrusta
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
军需品, 供给军需品
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 軍需品
v. tr. - 供給軍需品
n. - 軍需品
한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 증서
v. tr. - 증서화 하다
n. - 방어
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軍需品, 必要品, 資金
v. - 軍需品を供給する
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عتاد (فعل) يزود بالعتاد
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ציוד ואספקה צבאית
v. tr. - חימש, סיפק תחמושת
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