use ammunition

Frequency: 7.010.0 per million words

To expend ammunition by firing it.

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Examples (10)

  • The soldiers were instructed to use their ammunition sparingly.
  • During the drill, we are only allowed to use blank ammunition.
  • The heavy machine gun can use a variety of ammunition types.
  • Historically, armies would often use all their ammunition in a single major battle.
  • You will need to use special ammunition to penetrate that armor.
  • Having used most of their ammunition, the squad had to fall back.
  • The commander made the difficult decision to use the last of their artillery ammunition.
  • Police were criticized for using live ammunition during the riot.
  • How much ammunition was used in the training exercise yesterday?
  • The rebels had used so much ammunition that their supplies were critically low.