deploy
verb
[ dɪˈplɔɪ ]
• move (troops or equipment) into position for military action.
• "forces were deployed at strategic locations"
Similar:
position,
station,
post,
place,
install,
locate,
situate,
site,
establish,
base,
garrison,
distribute,
arrange,
range,
dispose,
redistribute,
spread out,
extend,
put into position,
plant,
park,
posit,
• bring into effective action.
• "small states can often deploy resources more freely"
Similar:
use,
utilize,
employ,
make use of,
avail oneself of,
turn to account,
take advantage of,
exploit,
bring into service,
bring into play,
bring into action,
have recourse to,
call on,
turn to,
resort to,
Origin:
late 18th century: from French déployer, from Latin displicare and late Latin deplicare ‘unfold or explain’, from dis-, de- ‘un-’ + plicare ‘to fold’. Compare with display.
