deployed

VERB

redistribute, station troops or weapons

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expand open set up use

STRONG

arrange display dispose extend position unfold utilize

WEAK

fan out form front put out patrol set out spread out take battle stations

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conclude end finish

STRONG

conceal disarrange disorder displace disturb hide withhold

WEAK

not use

Example Sentences

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The car-buying research website Carfax offers a free tool where drivers can input their VIN and see if their car has been involved in a crash that might have deployed air bags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

He was deployed to the Middle East and did search-and-rescue work and firefighting in Colorado.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

In the Black Sea resort of Anapa, Cossacks have been deployed to keep order in queues.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

A drone was deployed to allow officials to assess the extent of the damage.

From Barron's • Jul. 7, 2026

These are not pots for cooking, I should point out, just decorative pots deployed to catch stray beams of sunlight or reflect the owners’ no doubt expensively buffed and peeled faces.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich