deploy troops

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• deploy — [[t]dɪplɔ͟ɪ[/t]] deploys, deploying, deployed VERB To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used. [V n] The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops. [V n] ...the… …   English dictionary

• Deploy — De*ploy , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Deployed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deploying}.] [F. d[ e]ployer; pref. d[ e]? = d[ e]s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See {Ply}, and cf. {Display}.] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• deploy — [dē ploi′, diploi′] vt. [Fr déployer, to unfold, display < OFr desployer, to unfold < L displicare, to scatter (in ML, to unfold): see DISPLAY] 1. Mil. a) to spread out (troops, etc.) so as to form a wider front b) to station or place… …   English World dictionary

• deploy — [v] redistribute, station troops or weapons arrange, display, dispose, expand, extend, fan out, form front, open, position, put out patrol, set out, set up, spread out, take battle stations, unfold, use, utilize; concepts 158,213,320 Ant. not use …   New thesaurus

• troops — n. 1) to commit; deploy; dispatch; lead troops 2) to review troops 3) to station troops (in a country) 4) green; seasoned troops 5) defeated; demoralized; victorious troops 6) airborne; armored; ground; irregular; motorized; mounted; regular;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• troops — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ crack (BrE), elite ▪ additional, extra ▪ armed ▪ a division of up to 6 000 heavily armed troops ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• deploy */ — UK [dɪˈplɔɪ] / US verb Word forms deploy : present tense I/you/we/they deploy he/she/it deploys present participle deploying past tense deployed past participle deployed 1) [transitive] if a government or army deploys soldiers or weapons, it uses …   English dictionary

• deploy — verb Etymology: French déployer, literally, to unfold, from Old French desploier, from des dis + ploier, plier to fold more at ply Date: 1616 transitive verb 1. a. to extend (a military unit) especially in width b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deploy — verb /dəˈplɔɪ/ a) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use. The word deploy has roots as a military term, used to describe the placement of equipment and troops in a battlefield. b) To unfold, open, or otherwise become… …   Wiktionary

• deploy — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively, successfully ▪ Tanks were deployed effectively during the long campaign. ▪ widely ▪ fully ▪ currently …   Collocations dictionary

• deploy — de|ploy [dıˈplɔı] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: déployer, from Latin displicare to scatter ] 1.) [I and T] to organize or move soldiers, military equipment etc so that they are in the right place and ready to be used deploy… …   Dictionary of contemporary English