"sustainment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sustainments [plural]
Etymology: From sustain + -ment. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{suffix|en|sustain|ment}} sustain + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sustainment (countable and uncountable, plural sustainments)
  1. The act of sustaining something. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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