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Things built with one purpose: stop existing after one very bad day.
means Military supplies—especially ammunition, bombs, and other explosive materiel—stocked for making war.
from From French munition, itself from Latin munitio, 'fortifying, defending,' built on munire, 'to wall, to fortify.' The word originally covered anything used to defend or supply a fortress or army—so it meant 'war supplies' broadly—before narrowing, in English, toward its grimmest subset: the stuff designed to explode.
- etymology
- from latin munire, to fortify, same root as ammunition
- shelf life
- some wwii-era shells still live, buried, waiting
- legal line
- bullets are munitions, the gun itself legally is not
- disposal cost
- destroying old stockpiles often costs more than making them