ammunition

munición

Balas, proyectiles y otros materiales que se usan en armas de fuego.

En inglés sencillo: Bullets, shells, and other materials used in guns and similar weapons.

• The soldiers needed more ammunition.
• They found boxes of ammunition in the truck.
• The guards ran out of ammunition during the attack.

Sinónimos: ammo, munitions

Expresiones frecuentes: live ammunition, supply ammunition, run out of ammunition, store ammunition

argumentos, munición

Datos o palabras que sirven para atacar a alguien en una discusión.

En inglés sencillo: Facts or words that can be used to attack someone in an argument.

• His mistake gave her ammunition.
• The report provided ammunition for critics of the policy.
• She used his old comments as ammunition in their argument.

Cómo se usa: ammunition for someone/something (The mistake gave ammunition to her critics.); ammunition against someone (They gathered ammunition against their opponent.)

Sinónimos: fuel, material

Expresiones frecuentes: give someone ammunition, political ammunition, ammunition against someone