materiel Definition
ma·teri·el (mə tir′ē el′, -tir′ē əl)
noun
materials and tools necessary to any work, enterprise, etc.; specif., weapons, equipment, supplies, etc. of armed forces
Etymology: Fr matériel: see material
materiel Synonyms
materiel Usage Examples
Converse of object
- capture: The second is enemy equipment or materiel captured or found on the battlefield.
- use: The materiel used for the lashing is simply withes of wood.
- require: Forces and materiel not required for subsequent operations will be redeployed to CONUS or the home theater to prepare for future missions.
- purchase: Tho, if he were able to purchase fissile materiel illegally, it would only be a year or two.
- find: Units turn in found materiel to maintenance collection points.
Adjective modifier
- other: Additional shipments of Chieftain tanks spares, NBC equipment and other materiel were sanctioned over Lt. Col Glazebrook's objections.
- military: The Bush administration's sanctions policy targets military materiel while allowing civilian goods to flow more freely.
- lethal: Left to his own devices he would have exported far greater quantities of lethal materiel to both Iran and Iraq.
- fissile: Tho, if he were able to purchase fissile materiel illegally, it would only be a year or two.
- raw: What is a bad person but raw materiel for his teacher?
- much: Supply personnel make plans to upload as much materiel as possible with the maneuvering units.
Modifies a noun
- management: There are four weapon system oriented materiel management branches.
- center: The regiment materiel management center is normally collocated with the rear command post.
- section: Finally, the materiel section is responsible for all repair parts supplies.
- officer: They advise the brigade materiel management officer and maintenance company commander of problem areas.
- condition: Record needed information to be used for evaluating materiel condition.
- readiness: Materiel readiness has improved substantially in part, due to the tremendous support of Congress.
Noun used with modifier
- war: All Bush can do at this point is to maintain consensus on blocking the sale of war materiel to Iraq.
- brigade: The brigade materiel manager contacts the materiel manager of allied nations for disposition instructions.
- enemy: Miscellaneous supplies include water, maps, captured enemy materiel, and salvage materiel.
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