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
ˌrē-di-ˈplȯi-mənt How to pronounce redeploy (audio)
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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Tailored to needs ​According to the company, the systems can be digitally designed, packaged for transport, assembled near the deployment site, expanded as requirements change, and dismantled and redeployed elsewhere. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026 Musk said SpaceX has redeployed some of its engineers — the same ones behind the company's wildly successful rocket-ship innovations — to solve the power and cooling bottlenecks. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Powering on To try running the Adélie power plant anyway, the team redeployed it to a nearby natural vent where hydrothermal fluid was already flowing out at about 538° F (281° C). — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Before attacking Iran, the United States redeployed key military assets, including air and missile defenses, from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026 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 Nov. 2026.

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