Crossword-Solution: MATERIEL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Materiel | n. | That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MATERIEL | anagram | LEMAITRE, REALTIME |
We have 17 clues for the answer “MATERIEL”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Weapons, equipment, etc. | 1 answer |
| Weapons and equipment of the armed forces. | 1 answer |
| Supplies for soldiers | 1 answer |
| Supplies for battle | 1 answer |
| Equipment and supplies. | 1 answer |
| Army supplies, collectively | 1 answer |
| Army equipment | 2 answers |
| Combat supplies | 3 answers |
| Military supplies | 4 answers |
| Military equipment | 5 answers |
| A DECREASE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT | 11 answers |
| ARMAMENTS | 12 answers |
| artillery | 38 answers |
| "___ Arms" | 40 answers |
| ammunition | 43 answers |
| Baggage | 50 answers |
| Equipment | 60 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with MATERIEL (5)
The fortifications, when the British first landed their 'materiel', were in a dilapidated and unfinished state, and, at that time, the defenders, apart from the citizens, scarcely exceeded eight hundred men; while the small pox, making its appearance within the walls, for the first time for twenty years--an enemy much more dreaded than the British,--effectually discouraged the country militia from coming to the assistance of the citizens.
Without this, the war, prolonged with whatever spirit by the partisans, was not likely, because of their deficient materiel and resources, to reach any decisive results.
The corps was most effectually thinned by the time it got beyond rifle reach; and still more fatal would have been the affray to the advancing infantry of Frazier--a large body, with a field-piece--but for one of those lamentable deficiencies of materiel, which so frequently plucked complete success from the grasp of the Americans.
But the necessities of the Americans, the want of military 'materiel', the thinness of the regiments, and the increasing strength of the British, derived from foreign troops and accessions from other posts in America, left it doubtful, under existing circumstances, whether it could be long retained.
This object was of the last importance, not only with reference to the doubtful 'personnel' of the country, but the valuable 'materiel', cattle and provisions, which might have been carried off to the enemy.
Quotes with MATERIEL (2)
Much of life, fatherhood included, is the story of knowledge acquired too late: if only I’d known then what I know now, how much smarter, abler, stronger, I would have been. But nothing really prepares you for kids, for the swells of emotion that roll through your chest like the rumble of boulders tumbling downhill, nor for the all-enveloping labor of it, the sheer mulish endurance you need for the six or seven hundred discrete tasks that have to be done each and every day. S…
As long as tides of war are in our favor, the United States will never stop fighting. As a consequence, the war will continue for several years, during which materiel will be exhausted, vessels and arms will be damaged, and they can be replaced only with great difficulties.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, WSJ.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1954–2013).