redeploy

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verb

re·​de·​ploy ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi 

redeployed; redeploying; redeploys

transitive verb

: to transfer from one area or activity to another

intransitive verb

: to relocate personnel or equipment

redeployment

ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi-mənt 

noun

redeployment

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noun

re·​de·​ploy·​ment ¦rē-di-¦plȯi-mənt 

: a relocation or reassignment of men or equipment

redeployment of United States forces from western Europe to the Far East

—E. L. Erickson

large-scale redeployment of labor

—Thomas Balogh

the Soviet Union's mammoth redeployment of industry into the Ural Mountains

—Newsweek

Examples of redeploy in a Sentence

Verb

The soldiers were redeployed to the country's capital.

Most units will redeploy to their home bases.

They redeployed their assets into mutual funds.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

But traditional consulting firms need to redeploy their employees to other tasks quickly, Caerlewy-Smith said. — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026

The United States subsequently withdrew bombers stationed at the base, redeploying them to their home bases. — Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

The bombers were redeployed just days after police arrested five masked men who were caught with three white vans 250 yards from the airbase’s fence. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Nov. 2026

The bombers were redeployed to their home bases in the United States. — Larry Neumeister, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1945, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for redeploy

• corduroy
• fauntleroy
• iroquois
• ahoy
• alloy
• annoy
• carboy
• convoy
• cowboy
• decoy
• deploy
• destroy