munition
Noun
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Weapons considered collectively (synset 104573543)
is a type of: instrumentality, instrumentation - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some endsubtypes:
- ammo, ammunition - projectiles to be fired from a gun
- armament - weaponry used by military or naval force
- bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- defence system, defense system - the weaponry available for the defense of a region
- gunnery - guns collectively
- hardware - major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
- naval weaponry - weaponry for warships
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Military supplies (synset 103805132)
is a type of: armament - weaponry used by military or naval forcesame as: ordnance, ordnance store
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Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it (synset 103390403)
subtypes:
- bastion - projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
- bunker, dugout - a fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground
- castle - a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- defilade - the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
- entrenchment, intrenchment - an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
- escarp, escarpment, protective embankment, scarp - a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
- fieldwork - a temporary fortification built by troops in the field
- lunette - temporary fortification like a detached bastion
- palisade - fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
- breastwork, parapet - fortification consisting of a low wall
- redoubt - (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
- stockade - fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
specific instances:- maginot line - a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940
- siegfried line - German fortifications facing the Maginot Line
same as: fortification
Verb
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Supply with weapons (synset 202339752)
is a type of: arm - supply with arms
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