(v. t. & i.) 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.
(n.) Alt. of Deployment
Example Sentences:
(1) I want to be clear; the American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission,” said Obama in a speech to troops at US Central Command headquarters in Florida.
(2) The temporary loss of a family member through deployment brings unique stresses to a family in three different stages: predeployment, survival, and reunion.
(3) Features of barrier island physiography and ecology were studied relative to selective bait deployment and site biosecurity.
(4) Stray bottles were thrown over the barriers towards officers to cheers and chants of: “Shame on you, we’re human too.” The Met deployed what it described as a “significant policing operation”, including drafting in thousands of extra officers to tackle expected unrest, after previous events ended in arrests and clashes with police across the centre of the capital.
(5) The Iranians have accused the Israelis and the US of designing and deploying Stuxnet, which set some of their centrifuges spinning out of control.
(6) There are other ways to deploy this same technology.
(7) Germany’s parliament has thrown its weight behind the European campaign against Islamic State , voting with a solid majority in favour of deploying military personnel to Syria in a non-combat role.
(8) He said the system had been successfully deployed at depths of 365 metres after hurricane Katrina, but not by a BP crew.
(9) A computer program, computer-readable model-file and computer-based 3D printer can (in theory) encapsulate the expertise of a skilled machinist and deploy it on demand wherever a 3D printer is to be found.
(10) The army has said it will deploy troops on the streets on that day, while the president says he may introduce a state of emergency if, as expected, the protests spark widespread civil unrest.
(11) Everton ended with 10 men after Seamus Coleman limped off with all three substitutes deployed but there was no late flourish from a visiting team who, with Fernando replacing Kevin De Bruyne after the Irish defender’s departure, appeared content to settle for 1-2.
(12) This includes the new Watchkeeper system , which will soon deploy to Afghanistan.
(13) He deploys a zero-risk strategy aimed at keeping his rightwing political base behind him, while convincing the public that he alone could lead the country in times of regional turmoil.
(14) If you are the company deploying those technologies, there’s a massive opportunity.” A separate survey released earlier this week by the global accountability system CDP gives a more upbeat picture of business opinion regarding the Paris summit.
(15) If we accept that al-Qaida continues to pose a deadly threat to the UK, and if we know that it is capable of changing the locations of its bases and modifying its attack plans, we must accept that we have a duty to question the wisdom of prioritising, in terms of government spending on counter-terrorism, the deployment of our forces to Afghanistan.
(16) Asked if his calls for more airstrikes , a ground coalition comprising mainly Sunni Arabs and the deployment of US and international special forces were effectively just a more aggressive re-voicing of current White House strategy, he said: “I don’t agree that’s part of their strategy.
(17) So again, they did what they had to and should do.” Aakjaer’s Facebook account also contained other derogatory references to eastern Europeans, a message of support for the right-wing Dansk Folkeparti’s views about border control and a photograph of six pigs with a caption: “It’s time to deploy our secret weapons against Islamists.” When Aakjaer was contacted by the Guardian in January, he said that he was not “a racist at all”.
(18) Besides being useful for the short-term deployment of staff and budgetary resources, it can also be used as a long-range planning tool for testing modifications in policy decisions and budget proposals.
(19) "There are definitely green men there today, they aren't hiding that they're from Crimea, from Russia," she said, referring to the unmarked soldiers Russia deployed to take control of Crimea last month, who are popularly known as "little green men".
(20) I don’t do the social media myself, so who knows.” The Pentagon said the drone, also described as a “glider” or unmanned underwater vehicle, was deployed by civilian contractors aboard the USNS Bowditch, a scientific research ship.
Undo
Definition:
(v. t.) To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.
(v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle.
(v. t.) To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence.
Example Sentences:
(1) We cannot undo the damage it has done to our air quality,” she said.
(2) I am not a Muslim but I see that the cover has been read as yet more provocation, even an undoing of the unity of the marches in Paris and other cities.
(3) Amid public outcry over the Bettencourt case, Sarkozy is now likely to be forced into a U-turn before the next election, undoing his tax reforms.
(4) His interventions over the next week - first with the miners then with his former army colleagues as hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Belgrade - would prove his ex-master's undoing.
(5) He told the chair, Alexis Jay: “We will never be able to undo the wrongdoing to these children.
(6) But the role opened my eyes to certain aspects of online gaming, such as harassment, abuse, threats and even stalking, and in many ways, it is an unhappy experience that I wish I could undo.
(7) With three weeks left to election day, the onus is on Obama to mount a strong comeback in Tuesday's Long Island debate to undo some of the damage caused by his dismal showing in the first of the presidential debates in Denver a fortnight ago.
(8) Obama won praise from world leaders for his promises to undo George Bush's environmental record, but there is growing scepticism abroad that Democrats will be able to overcome opposition in Congress and pass legislation that would put America on a path to cutting its carbon emissions.
(9) Arab regional governments – and even Iran – have belatedly seen their own storm clouds of extremism, but there is tremendous work required to undo what has been done.
(10) All efforts to undo environmental protections put in place by Obama, he said, would face lengthy and compulsory processes of consultation and review, as well as the strongest possible legal challenges at every turn.
(11) President-elect Trump will be able to undo the programs and cast them into the dustbin of history with equal speed and ease.
(12) Against the top sides England will leak goals, and that will ultimately be our undoing.
(13) He is praised for responding to a chemical attack in Syria with airstrikes, for generally projecting strength in foreign policy, for undoing Obama-era regulations on the environment and business, for installing a conservative supreme court justice, for protecting American jobs, and for not letting people tell him what he can’t do.
(14) Now Google might be required to undo the changes – although Auke Haagsma, a lawyer advising the lobby group Icomp , which is critical of Google's policies, said that would be like trying to "unscramble the egg".
(15) The projected increase in 2016 would return poverty rates to their 2007 levels, undoing nearly a decade’s worth of gains,” the report stated.
(16) Labour cannot afford to undo the coalition's cuts in the next government and must expect to be unpopular, one of the party's most senior finance spokesmen will say on Friday.
(17) Jeremy’s main fault was his unfortunate choice of friends – notably Peter Bessell MP, who jointly and foolishly entered into the long-running payoff drama with Scott which was his undoing.
(18) It has helped cement Qatar’s international reach and legitimacy, yet ironically has now played a part in its undoing.
(19) The former Irish prime minister John Bruton says it would “undo much of the work of the peace process and create huge questions over borders and labour market access”.
(20) The author examines how these negative affects, the accompanying victim role, and oppositional defiance enable angry adolescents to defend against depression and loss, to demand nurturance from others, to protect their precarious inner autonomy, and to undo their humiliation and shame by vengeance and reversal.