
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.
verb
- to assign new positions or tasks to (labour, troops, etc)
1945, in reference to U.S. troops shifting from Europe to Asia after the fall of Berlin, from re- + deploy. Related: Redeployed; redeploying.