emplace
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of emplace
First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from emplacement
Example Sentences
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In Kempe’s view, Khrushchev’s success with Berlin emboldened him to emplace nuclear missiles in Cuba in October 1962.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2011
For cases like this the system will have a range of watertight structures called caissons, which are based on the suction-pile technology used to emplace deep-sea moorings and foundations.
From Economist ● Aug. 12, 2010
But, the Pentagon said, "it is impossible to avoid all damage to civilian areas, especially when the North Vietnamese deliberately emplace" military targets in populated areas.
From Time Magazine Archive
A smooth sea enabled us to get more troops ashore and to emplace some artillery.
From Time Magazine Archive
If an enemy sovereign was slain, as apparently happened in Mutal, the conquerors often didn’t emplace a new one; kings were divine, and thus by definition irreplaceable.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Their results show the carbonatites were emplaced between 830 and 820 million years ago, during a key phase of continental rifting before Rodinia fully broke apart.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
Usually that would mean the nuclear device had been emplaced and the tunnel packed to contain the blast.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Wherever we couldn't patrol was precisely where the next one would be emplaced.
From Salon ● May 25, 2020
The emplaced silt and sand is clearly growing again but it's impossible right now for anyone to say if or when another slide might occur.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2020
The Apollo astronauts emplaced in several locales on the Moon special mirrors called laser retrore- flectors.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Drilling the repository and emplacing the waste only causes a 14-foot disturbed zone around the waste.
From Forbes ● Jan. 1, 2014
That fear was buttressed by the fact that seven Soviet divisions already were digging in along the West German border and emplacing tactical missiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Russians, then in the process of emplacing their "Galosh"* ABM system around Moscow and Leningrad, said they would think about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Brent Scowcroft, which had nevertheless favored emplacing a limited number of MX missiles while the Midgetman was being developed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The officer installing a new casualty clearing station, or emplacing a gun, or starting another ammunition dump, had not heard of any offensive.
From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick
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