ORDNANCE Definition & Meaning

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ordnance

[awrd-nuhns]

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noun

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

ordnance

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noun

cannon or artillery
military supplies; munitions
a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ordnance¹

First recorded in 1620–30; syncopated variant of ordinance

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of ordnance¹

C14: variant of _ordinance

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During World War II, the Marines did the same, leaving plenty of ordnance behind — including some that exploded in 1983, killing two boys.

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A bomb disposal team has been called to reports of unexploded ordnance on the north Essex coast.

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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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