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Grammar : Noun
Spell : am-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm oʊ



Definition of ammo

Origin :
  • 1917, shortened form of ammunition.
  • As in information : noun facts, news
  • As in munitions : noun ammunition
  • As in bullet : noun small missile
  • As in ammunition : noun projectiles for weaponry
Example sentences :
  • Some day our ammo will be gone, no matter how careful we are with it.
  • Extract from : « Project Mastodon » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • They fly without guns, or ammo, and have extra tanks fitted.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the Commandos » by R. Sidney Bowen
  • The transport dumped the "ammo" at a convenient spot and left us to it.
  • Extract from : « 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories » by Various
  • Loaded an ore boat with avgas and ammo and ran it up the Seaway.
  • Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
  • Close by is the meeting-place of the sources of the Ammo Chu.
  • Extract from : « The Unveiling of Lhasa » by Edmund Candler
  • We were out of bombs, Jerry had lost his rifle, and mine had no "ammo."
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • This is a station where rations are left for the various companies to come and draw their own, also ammo and other necessities.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • I had seen a new short German rifle in the dug-out with a bayonet and ammo, and decided to use that.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • You saw them all over the place, easy as pie to make, but the ammo was a lot harder to come by.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • So he was back inside the suit, inside the rocket, jammed into a barrel like a wad of ammo.
  • Extract from : « By Earthlight » by Bryce Walton

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