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ordnance

[ awrd-nuhns ]

noun

  1. cannon or artillery.
  2. military weapons with their equipment, ammunition, etc.
  3. the branch of an army that procures, stores, and issues, weapons, munitions, and combat vehicles and maintains arsenals for their development and testing.


ordnance

/ ˈɔ˻å²ÔÉ™²Ô²õ /

noun

  1. cannon or artillery
  2. military supplies; munitions
  3. the ordnance
    a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ordnance1

First recorded in 1620–30; syncopated variant of ordinance
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ordnance1

C14: variant of ordinance
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We drove slowly, weaving around unexploded ordnance in the road.

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Bomb experts called after the discovery of a potential ordnance on the beach have determined the object was not what it seemed.

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"Residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordnance," Brian Hughes, a spokesperson for Trump's National Security Council, said late on Tuesday.

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In the first phase, which would last six months and cost $3bn, millions of tonnes of rubble and any unexploded ordnance would be cleared.

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Lebanese soldiers moved into the areas vacated by Israeli troops and began clearing roadblocks and checking for unexploded ordnance, the Associated Press news agency reported on Tuesday.

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