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

The deep state had appropriated their opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood, redeploying it as justification for the massacre. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

At least a dozen planes, including B-1 bombers, were redeployed to the United States from Royal Air Force Fairford, according to the Pentagon, which did not specify when or why the planes departed. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the United States, AP reported, citing a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on condition of anonymity. — Azhar Sukri,terri Cullen, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026

In practice, 30 minutes scattered across 50 calendars, each piece too small to redeploy or remove. — Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 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