redeploy

verb

re·​de·​ploy ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi How to pronounce redeploy (audio)
redeployed; redeploying; redeploys

transitive verb

: to transfer from one area or activity to another

intransitive verb

: to relocate personnel or equipment
redeployment noun

Examples of redeploy in a Sentence

The soldiers were redeployed to the country's capital. Most units will redeploy to their home bases. They redeployed their assets into mutual funds.
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Yet that has turned out to be a rosy scenario; Putin has indeed redeployed troops from Ukraine to buttress defenses in Kursk, but not from the places in Donetsk the Ukrainians were hoping for. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 With Schmitz’s return on the horizon, coach Brian Daboll has redeployed the rotations he’s used in the past. Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 The company anticipates using or redeploying cash resources to support its business within the context of prevailing market conditions. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024 And thousands of North Korean troops have begun deploying in Kursk, freeing up Russian forces in that oblast to redeploy to other sectors, potentially including the Selydove-Pokrovsk axis. David Axe, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redeploy 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of redeploy was in 1945

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“Redeploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redeploy. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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