resupplies

Sends more provisions

Resupplies is the third-person singular verb form of resupply, meaning to provide fresh supplies to replace what has been used or exhausted.

Military operations depend on regular resupplies of ammunition, food, and fuel.

The term applies broadly to any situation requiring replenishment: The ship resupplies remote research stations twice a year.

As a noun, resupplies refers to multiple instances of being resupplied or the supplies themselves.

logistics

cargo

Transported goods

transportation · freight · warehousing · procurement · delivery · requisition · consignment · airlift · airdrop · convoy

military

troops

Military personnel collectively

ordnance · materiel · quartermaster · garrison · deployment · forward operating base · convoy · airlift · airdrop · munitions

provisions

rations

Controlled food portions

ammunition · fuel · equipment · gear · materiel · stores · consumables · essentials · necessities · MREs

replenishment

restock

Replenish depleted inventory

  • refillRestoring spent contents
  • top-upAdding to restore fullness
  • reloadFill with ammunition again

renew · replace · refresh · replenishment · reconstitute · restocking · refueling · rearmament · reprovisioning · backfill

expedition

basecamp

Expedition's operational center

mountaineering · Antarctic · expedition · mission · backcountry · trailhead · portage · cache · hut · waystation

Opposites
resource flow direction

resuppliesdepletes

Uses until gone

exhausts · drains · empties · consumes · uses up

support vs. deprivation

resuppliescuts off

Severs or interrupts

blockades · besieges · embargoes · interdicts · isolates

Family

resupplied

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