deploy
verb (used with object)
to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
deployed
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past participleof deploy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof deploy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
deployverb (used with object)to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
Example Sentences
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The department deployed numerous fire engines, bulldozers, four helicopters, two air tankers and two “super scooper” aircrafts, Katon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
A bomb disposal unit was deployed and a nearby village evacuated, but police found no explosives at the scene.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Tesla deployed 13.7 gigawatt-hours of battery storage in the third quarter, up from 12.5 gigawatt-hours a year earlier.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The sightings were treated as suspicious by the U.K. military, which deployed teams with drone-jamming equipment to the bases, including the Orcus antidrone system, which can remotely take control of an enemy drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He looks older—more like my dad, who’s been deployed since just before Thanksgiving last year.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
