ordnance
Collocations
5ADJ.
explosive
VERB + ORDNANCE
unexploded
ORDNANCE + NOUN
disposal, germany, unit
PREP.
in, into
ADV.
safely
Definitions
noun
Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition.
When the Turkes took Constantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I have heard both Bells and Ordnance, but never been so much affected with those, as with these Bells.
Artillery.
From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.
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5When the Turkes took Constantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I have heard both Bells and Ordnance, but never been so much affected with those, as with these Bells.
WiktionaryFrom the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of
WiktionaryUnexploded ordnance is found every year in Europe.
Tatoeba · #5393488The explosive ordnance disposal unit safely disposed of the unexploded bomb.
Tatoeba · #5393729There are still thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance in Germany.
Tatoeba · #6549887