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 unconfirmed encounter between the U.S. and Russian militaries comes after the Carl Vinson was redeployed by the Pentagon last week to begin transiting to the Middle East from the Western Pacific Ocean amid escalating strikes on the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 What to know Open-source intelligence outlet Unit Observer said Russia had redeployed military personnel from its Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) into frontline combat roles in Ukraine. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 The extensive search effort was indefinitely suspended last week, though Sills pledged to redeploy search dogs if weather conditions improved. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025 One of Barragán’s innovations was to redeploy these Mexican folkloric colors as high modernism. Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025 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 3 Apr. 2025.

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