redeploy

[ ree-di-ploi ]

/ ˌri dɪˈplɔɪ /

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verb (used with object)

to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.

to move or allocate to a different position, use, function, or the like; reassign.

verb (used without object)

to execute a redeployment.

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Origin of redeploy

First recorded in 1940–45; re- + deploy

OTHER WORDS FROM redeploy

re·de·ploy·ment, noun

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How to use redeploy in a sentence

For junior doctor Kieran Killington, who was redeployed from general practice to a west London hospital, the biggest change he’s noticed is the exhaustion of staff.
'It's Unimaginably Bad.' How Government Failures and the New COVID-19 Variant Are Pushing the U.K.'s Health System Into Crisis|Suyin Haynes|January 13, 2021|Time
In the meantime, over 100 staff from a children’s hospital have reportedly been redeployed to intensive care units, meaning that children who had been due to receive non-emergency surgery will now be forced to wait.
Sweden’s frontline health care workers are quitting in worrying numbers as COVID cases spike|kdunn6|December 13, 2020|Fortune
While cinema was always a small, discretionary budget — which can be redeployed or removed in the short-term — that budget “will no doubt find its place again in the medium to long term,” said R3’s Paull.
‘No time to die’: Cinema advertising resurgence expected once movie theaters reopen|Lara O'Reilly|October 13, 2020|Digiday
What’s happened is they’ve just redeployed the cleaners to do those high-touch areas that the robots can’t really do.
What experts think of robots’ threats and benefits to humanity|Brett Haensel|October 8, 2020|Fortune

That message is lost on the soldiers of Bravo who, on the eve of redeployment, have no reason to feel hopeful about their lives.
American Dreams: The Essential Book of 2012|Nathaniel Rich|December 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Some say that the uncertainty and ultimate disappointment of redeployment may have taken a heavy toll on Bales.
Robert Bales, the Army Staff Sgt. Accused of Killing 16 Afghans|Matthew DeLuca|March 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“Redeployment,” by debut author Phil Klay, puts you in the boots of a soldier returning home.
A Literary Tribute|Roxanne Coady|September 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Gates, however, views these cuts as a redeployment of resources rather than a reduction of defense spending.
The Risky Rush to Cut Defense Spending|Doug Schoen|January 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
World War II officers had to abide by this standard in dealing with the general malaise which arose out of redeployment.
The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense
The budget also contemplates the strategic concentration of our strength through redeployment of certain forces.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various

British Dictionary definitions for redeploy

redeploy

/ (ˌriːdɪˈplɔɪ) /

verb

to assign new positions or tasks to (labour, troops, etc)

Derived forms of redeploy

redeployment, noun

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