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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Frimpong and Bradley were sidelined within one game of the Premier League campaign (Bradley had picked up an injury during pre-season), which meant Slot had to redeploy Szoboszlai. Andy Jones, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Since the ceasefire took effect, armed members of the group have already redeployed in parts of the strip, clashing with other groups and clans opposing it. Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 Hamas fighters have also been seen redeploying in parts of the enclave, raising doubts about whether the ceasefire can hold. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 The health system spent months preparing for a potential strike, and planned to redeploy some employees to fill in at strike locations, and onboard up to 7,600 people to work during the walkout, many of them former Kaiser employees, Sims said. Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2025.

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