counterdeployment
noun
coun·ter·de·ploy·ment
ˌkau̇n-tər-di-ˈplȯi-mənt
variants
or counter-deployment
plural counterdeployments or counter-deployments
: the act or an instance of deploying something or someone in response to a deployment by another group
Five days of Iraqi deployments and U.S. counterdeployments around Kuwait's northern border …—The New York Times
… after so much anxious manoeuvring, threat and counter-threat, troop deployment and counter-deployment …—David Fraser
It would suggest that the other side was about to launch the weapons, thus provoking rapid counter-deployment and, worse, pre-emptive firing.—Josef Joffe
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