What are some alternative words for ordnance?
Synonyms for ordnance
ˈɔrd nəns
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Princeton's WordNet
munition, ordnance, ordnance store(noun)
military supplies
Synonyms:
gun, arms, fortification, munition, heavy weapon, ordnance store, weapons system, artillery, implements of war, weaponryartillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance(noun)
large but transportable armament
Synonyms:
hitman, hit man, gunslinger, munition, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, weapon, gas pedal, throttle, heavy weapon, shooter, gun, gunman, hired gun, ordnance store, accelerator, artillery unit, grease-gun, triggerman, artillery, torpedo
Dictionary of English Synonymes
ordnance(n.)
Synonyms:
cannon, great guns
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "ordnance":
ammunition, munitions, explosives, artifacts, ammunitions, artifact, ammo, explosive, munition, artillery, remnants
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1119 | gas | |
#2860 | arms | |
#3335 | gun | |
#6301 | weapon | |
#11983 | explosive | |
#12164 | accelerator | |
#12329 | shooter | |
#12806 | artifacts | |
#15068 | ammunition | |
#15082 | artillery | |
#16316 | explosives | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#19828 | ammo | |
#20118 | artifact | |
#21408 | ordnance | |
#24481 | remnants | |
#26838 | torpedo | |
#28995 | munitions | |
#30024 | weaponry | |
#30733 | hitman | |
#43312 | gunman | |
#50635 | fortification | |
#55566 | gunslinger | |
#83041 | munition | |
#193297 | ammunitions | |
#251068 | triggerman |
How to use ordnance in a sentence?
During my second tour, we were providing security for the EOD [Explosive Ordnance Disposal] guys, we didn’t know what we were blowing up, so it’s possible that there we were exposed to something toxic. We stood over open burn pits.
The Maroon Fire posed some unique challenges that there were some big KV power lines running through there that we needed to be able to protect from the fire then also an unexploded ordnance area that we wanted to be able to put fire in but we didn’t want to put firefighters on the ground for obvious reasons.
It's much more than just the pilot being able to fly the plane and release the ordnance, there's a whole system that surrounds this.
If you look at the X-51, the size is slightly too big to put it on our current bombers, it was made as a demonstrator. There’s no weapon in it. There are no sensors on board for controlling the guidance. So we’re looking at making it more durable, getting the guidance control developed so that it can become a weapon system, developing the ordnance.
Some of our platforms, our people, and our systems will arrive late to the fight, they will arrive with insufficient ordnance. And they will be inadequately prepared to fight.
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