ordnance
Example Sentences
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The city was heavily bombed during World War Two and unexploded ordnance is still occasionally discovered.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
The rest of us would like to live tolerantly in some form or fashion without using nuclear ordnance on each other.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Instead, one of the men took the ordnance home and either left it in their truck overnight, or brought it into their house, the claim alleges.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The air defense ordnance fell in an open area in Turkey’s nearby Hatay province, causing no injuries or damage, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Distant grumbling of thunder or ordnance or both.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing ordnance
The Things They Carried
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All the Light We Cannot See
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Life of Pi
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