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To position (troops) in readiness for combat, as along a front or line.
(verb-transitive)
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To bring (forces or material) into action.
(verb-transitive)
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To base (a weapons system) in the field.
(verb-transitive)
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To distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically.
(verb-transitive)
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To put into use or action: "Samuel Beckett's friends suspected that he was a genius, yet no one knew . . . how his abilities would be deployed” ( Richard Ellmann).
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.