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redeployment

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re⋅de⋅ploy

[ree-di-ploi] Military
–verb (used with object)
1. to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
2. to move or allocate to a different position, use, function, or the like; reassign.
–verb (used without object)
3. to execute a redeployment.

Origin:
1940–45; re- + deploy


re⋅de⋅ploy⋅ment, noun
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re·de·ploy   (rē'dĭ-ploi')   
tr.v.   re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys
  1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another.

  2. To shift (something) from one place or use to another for greater effectiveness: redeploy the company's resources.

re'de·ploy'ment n.
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