emplaced; emplacing; emplaces
: to put into position
missiles emplaced around the city
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Examples of emplace in a Sentence
the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp
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The military lifted the flight ban in early 2024, after emplacing several new protocols and restrictions.
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Matt Seyler, ABC News, 24 May 2024
Strong winds and high sea swells initially prevented the U.S. military from emplacing the pier.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
Getting a canister of waste back out of the hole once it has been emplaced could be a crucial hurdle because regulations currently require waste to be retrievable for 50 years after disposal.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2023
The whole process—from testing the geology to emplacing waste canisters to final sealing—awaits demonstration in a full-scale prototype borehole.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2023
The tan-colored clastic rocks in these photos are the pyroclastic-flow deposits emplaced during the climactic explosive eruptions at the end of the Ellittico stage of Mount Etna, about 15,000 years ago.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Green plastic outer shell, with nearly 2.5lb of liquid
explosive
It cannot be neutralized or disarmed after it has been emplaced.
—Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
The idea is that, once emplaced, a Littoral Regiment can scatter smaller subunits armed with sensors, anti-ship missiles, and air-defense missiles throughout an area.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
German forces had emplaced more than 5,000 canisters of chlorine gas.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
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Matt Seyler, ABC News, 24 May 2024
Strong winds and high sea swells initially prevented the U.S. military from emplacing the pier.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
Getting a canister of waste back out of the hole once it has been emplaced could be a crucial hurdle because regulations currently require waste to be retrievable for 50 years after disposal.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2023
The whole process—from testing the geology to emplacing waste canisters to final sealing—awaits demonstration in a full-scale prototype borehole.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2023
The tan-colored clastic rocks in these photos are the pyroclastic-flow deposits emplaced during the climactic explosive eruptions at the end of the Ellittico stage of Mount Etna, about 15,000 years ago.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
Green plastic outer shell, with nearly 2.5lb of liquid
explosive
It cannot be neutralized or disarmed after it has been emplaced.
—Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
The idea is that, once emplaced, a Littoral Regiment can scatter smaller subunits armed with sensors, anti-ship missiles, and air-defense missiles throughout an area.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
German forces had emplaced more than 5,000 canisters of chlorine gas.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
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em·place
im-ˈplās 
: to put into place
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