resupply
verb
re·sup·ply
(ˌ)rē-sə-ˈplī 
resupplied; resupplying
1
transitive
: to supply (someone or something) again
resupplying the troops/ships
Besieged populations could sometimes be resupplied by air or sea, or at least by ground or naval forces protected by air cover.—
Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson2
intransitive
: to replenish supplies
The more food you carry, the less frequently you need to resupply.—Victoria Logue
Victoria Logue
resupply
noun
plural resupplies
resupplies of food/ammunition
With ground resupply readily available, they seldom ate anything they weren't carrying …
—Rod Nordland
Rod Nordland
on a resupply mission
a navy resupply ship
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Distance and duration compound risk, and the inability to resupply or intervene quickly reshapes mission design.
—Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The jungle quickly swallowed the little landing strip used by the small planes on their weekly visits, but the banana boats continued to resupply the almost sixty men for some time.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
This efficiency is especially important as future units operate more spread out and resupply becomes more difficult in contested environments.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Unity-2 will run through the entire D-T fuel process, including discharge, purification, and resupply, to establish that tritium recycling is a sufficient method to produce fusion energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2025
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Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
The jungle quickly swallowed the little landing strip used by the small planes on their weekly visits, but the banana boats continued to resupply the almost sixty men for some time.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
This efficiency is especially important as future units operate more spread out and resupply becomes more difficult in contested environments.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Unity-2 will run through the entire D-T fuel process, including discharge, purification, and resupply, to establish that tritium recycling is a sufficient method to produce fusion energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for resupply
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“Resupply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resupply. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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