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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The latest: On Saturday, ahead of the ceasefire, the Israeli Defense Forces started redeploying some forces in Gaza — moving them outside of the enclave or east towards the buffer zone on the Gaza-Israel border. Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025 Unlike the Falcon 9 rocket, which has been used for years to carry satellites and astronauts to orbit with a partially reusable design, SpaceX says Starship will be fully reusable and will eventually include a heat shield that can be rapidly redeployed without significant refurbishing. Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025 The tensions between the U.S. and China, and the possible bumpy road in global trade that could result from it, has logistics giants like CMA CGM, DHL and Kuehne + Nagel redeploying Chinese staff across different regions of the world. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Jan. 2025 That apparently fits another pattern: Regular army units that had been deployed in the West Bank were redeployed to fight in Gaza. Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redeploy 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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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 1 Feb. 2025.

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