First Known Use: 1508
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munition
noun mu·ni·tion \myu̇-ˈni-shən\
Definition of MUNITION
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Origin of MUNITION
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
Rhymes with MUNITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
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munition
noun mu·ni·tion \myu̇-ˈni-shən\
Definition of MUNITION for Kids
: military equipment and supplies for fighting : ammunition
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