deploy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place troops or weapons in battle formation
  2. verb to distribute systematically or strategically
    • The U.S. deploys its weapons in the Middle East

WordNet

De*ploy" transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
F. déployer; pref. dé = dés (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Deployed ; present participle & verbal noun Deploying
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.
De*ploy", De*ploy"ment noun (Also<
  • Deploy
  • Deployment
)
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. -Wilhelm.
    Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H.L. Scott.

Webster 1913