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deploy
[ dih-ploi ]
verb (used with object)
- Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately:
to deploy a battery of new missiles.
verb (used without object)
- to spread out strategically or in an extended front or line.
- to come into a position ready for use:
The plane can't land unless the landing gear deploys.
deploy
/ ɪˈɔɪ /
verb
- to adopt or cause to adopt a battle formation, esp from a narrow front formation
- tr to redistribute (forces) to or within a given area
Derived Forms
- ˈDz⳾Գ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Dz·· adjective
- ·Dz····ٲ [dih-ploi-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- ·Dz·Գ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of deploy1
Example Sentences
The deputies then deployed their tasers on him several times, according to the family’s lawsuit.
One way around the PCA is the Insurrection Act, which allows the president to deploy troops to quell civil unrest or enforce the law in a crisis.
Zoox will deploy a small number of retrofitted Toyota Highlander test vehicles in Los Angeles, all with human safety drivers, the company said.
And once troops are deployed, it will not be easy to get them off the streets in any place that the president thinks is threatened by “radical left lunatics.”
But the utterly original Patti Smith — deploying the same savage bravery, stirring creativity and groundbreaking voice that made her iconic album “Horses” so unique — writes one of the best versions yet.
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