live ammunition

Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words

Refers to real bullets or shells, not blanks or practice rounds.

ammunitionADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

live

Examples (10)

  • The soldiers were conducting a training exercise with live ammunition.
  • Police discovered a cache of firearms and live ammunition during the raid.
  • For safety reasons, no live ammunition is permitted on the film set.
  • The security forces were authorized to use live ammunition in self-defense.
  • He was arrested for the illegal possession of live ammunition.
  • Handling live ammunition requires extreme caution and specialized training.
  • The exercise will involve firing live ammunition at designated targets.
  • The rifle was loaded with live ammunition, not blanks as the actor had assumed.
  • During the riot, there were reports of security using live ammunition against the crowd.
  • As the battle wore on, their supply of live ammunition began to run dangerously low.