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ammunition dump

[‚am·yə′ni·shən ‚dəmp]
(ordnance)
An ammunition storage point, usually established in the field for temporary use.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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IN September 1917, Cyril Gourley was awarded a Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry for putting out a fire at an ammunition dump.
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Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media
WITH Able Seaman J Robertson, Leading Seaman John Jessop wiped out a Communist ammunition dump at Wonsan, on the east Korean coast with a bit of "old fashioned gunnery".
He said the mere presence of such weapons and ammunition dump south of the Litani River represented a "serious violation of Resolution 1701." Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 33-day war in 2006 between Israel and Hizbullah, banned all unauthorized weapons between the Litani River and the UN Blue Line.
North Vietnamese Army regulars were trying to knock out an ammunition dump with more than 1,000 tons of munitions less than 100 meters from the company perimeter.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said over its TamilNet website that two of its aircraft had bombed the Palaly base and also hit ''a major ammunition dump.''
In his book he recounted several of his experiences, including a comic incident when he arranged for a lorry to be nearby with its engine running ready to whisk him away from an ammunition dump he was blowing up.
But now David has found out that the locals were actually glad he blew up the building because the hated Nazi occupiers were using it as an ammunition dump.
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