ordnance
noun
ord·nance
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Definition of ordnance
1a
: military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment
bombers dropped heavy concentrations of ordnance on every targeted airfield— Ron Dick
b
: a service of the army charged with the procuring, distributing, and safekeeping of ordnance
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Examples of ordnance in a Sentence
The company was outfitted with 50-millimeter ordnance.
the army is waiting for the heavy ordnance to be brought in
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However, the show took on a special significance because Colomer held the same job as Daniel in the explosive ordnance disposal unit. — Chris Shelton, Houston Chronicle, "Atascocita business helps Gold Star widow get fresh start on Lifetime’s Military Makeover," 29 Aug. 2019 About half of that ordnance fell on German targets, eradicating Nazi war infrastructure and killing more than 400,000 German civilians. — Alex Horton, Washington Post, "A mysterious explosion left a crater in a German field. It may have been a WWII bomb.," 25 June 2019 About half of that ordnance fell on German targets, eradicating Nazi war infrastructure and killing more than 400,000 German civilians. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Massive blast leaves crater in German barley field," 25 June 2019 Its city ordnance refers specifically to nonconsensual towing, capped at between $160 and $325. — Christopher Harress | [email protected], al, "Could ‘illegal’ Mobile city law derail towing probe?," 4 Aug. 2019 Efforts to clean up bombs, artillery shells, land mines, grenades, and other unexploded ordnance in Italy started in 1946. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Unexploded World War II bombs may still be buried at Pompeii," 8 July 2019 Over 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen in the last 5 1/2 years as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a U.N. report released Friday. — Washington Post, "UN report: 7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013," 29 June 2019 Cyber weapons are stealth ordnance, written in zeros and ones, like all computer code. — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, "How Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern Warfare," 18 July 2019 No nation in recent memory has dropped more pieces of ordnance on more countries than has the United States. — Andrew J. Bacevich, Twin Cities, "Andrew Bacevich: Trump’s reluctance to bomb foreign countries is a strength, not a sign of weakness," 4 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ordnance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for ordnance
ordnance
noun
English Language Learners Definition of ordnance
technical
: military supplies including weapons, ammunition, armor, vehicles, etc.
: large, heavy guns on wheels
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ordnance
noun
ord·nance
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Kids Definition of ordnance
1
: military supplies (as guns, ammunition, trucks, and tanks)
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