redeploy

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English deploy
English redeploy

    From re- + deploy.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /riːˈdɪˈplɔɪ/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Verb

    redeploy (third-person singular simple present redeploys, present participle redeploying, simple past and past participle redeployed)

    1. (transitive) To deploy again.
      • 2023 April 5, Daniel Puddicombe, “Spiralling costs are hitting the UK's heritage railways hard”, in RAIL, number 980, page 30:
        That's on top of £650,000 worth of payroll cuts that have been identified for 2022 and 2023, by not filling vacancies and redeploying existing staff to cover roles.
      • 2026 March 5, Thomas Bordeaux, Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Radar bases housing key US missile interceptor hit in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, satellite images show”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 8 March 2026:
        “The AN-TPY/2 radar is essentially the heart of the THAAD battery, enabling the launch of interceptor missiles and contributing to a networked air defense picture,” he said. “It also happens to be an incredibly expensive piece of kit. The loss of even a single radar of this type would be an operationally significant event. It is probable that a replacement unit would have to be redeployed from elsewhere, which will take time and effort.”
    2. (transitive) To rearrange (military forces).

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