military equipment

collocation in English

meaningsofmilitaryandequipment

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military
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/us
/ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
relating to or belonging to the ...
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equipment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/us
/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a ...
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(Definition ofmilitaryandequipmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmilitary equipment

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Their manpower was limited and theirmilitaryequipmentnegligible.
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Both sides, lacking themilitaryequipmentto fight the war, were obliged to look for foreign support.
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On the other hand peacekeeping is a para-military role, which requires appropriatemilitaryequipment, mission skill, discipline of soldiers, and high morale amongst troops.
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The team did not providemilitaryequipment, except for food rations.
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This is because this mission is popular among developing countries, since they can supply infantry with quite simplemilitaryequipmentand skills.
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We can all accept that existingmilitaryequipmentfrom tanks to helicopers are being automated already.
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Sari noted that with his limited forces and inadequatemilitaryequipmenthe would be able to last for only two hours.
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When superpower sponsorship ended, commanders reconfigured the illicit economic enterprises to generate their own funding to maintain their militias, increase their patronage networks, and to acquire additionalmilitaryequipment.
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Additionally, they have a clearer chain of command, more readily compatiblemilitaryequipmentand training, and greater experience of working together than do ad hoc multinational forces.
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Sales of arms andmilitaryequipmentare subject to the customary licensing procedures.
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It is not usual to give information about delivery dates formilitaryequipment.
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We cannot give youmilitaryequipment; and if this is really your position, clear out at once; withdraw at once.
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That buys an awful lot ofmilitaryequipment.
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The exercise was designed, deliberately, to test themilitaryequipmentand personnel deployed on it.
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We are limited by material considerations, in the amount ofmilitaryequipmentthat we can maintain.
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We expect to spend £3 million on supplies of non-lethalmilitaryequipmentduring the current financial year.
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The problem does not concern onlymilitaryequipment.
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There is the same tendency today for the cost of each new generation ofmilitaryequipmentto be much greater than that of the last.
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It is not used in connection with sales ofmilitaryequipment.
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As always, the export ofmilitaryequipmentis looked at on a case-by-case basis.
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