Definitions
Etymologies
- From French matériel. (Wiktionary)
- French matériel, consisting of matter, materiel, from Old French material; see material. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Even in wartime, when the production of materiel is crucial to national survival, Congress has never claimed such a power.”
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“Additional sonic materiel is supplied by The Ten Thousand Things, who contributed four lush and unsettling “eldritch drones” to the project.”
“But this year, the Malaysian government announced that it had enacted an export-control law intended to strengthen its ability to curb trade in materiel for weapons of mass destruction.”
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“Israel has announced that no arms or strategic war materiel is to be allowed to reach the the violent genocidal de facto state ruled by Hamas, but that food, medical supplies and other humanitarian aid will be allowed.”
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“The key decider during this period -- as in the October Surprise phase -- was Ayatollah Khomeini, who agreed with the pragmatists on the need to get as much materiel from the Americans and the Israelis as possible, Ben-Menashe said in an interview this week from his home in Canada.”
“He will be facing an enemy occupational force that will have great superiority in materiel and organization.”
“We share your pain at mistakes about "materiel" - and regret that it got past us this time.”
“Yes | No | Report from Jamus wrote 32 weeks 6 days ago thing i dont like is that thin materiel. 1 pricker bush and you have a tear. the boots look sweeat though.”
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“The (government) operation was slowed down by the intervention on the side of the separatists of certain white individuals who made heavy use of artillery and other sophisticated military materiel, which is evidence of outside agression," the statement said.”
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