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déployer

to deploy

verb day-plwa-YAY Rare
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

to spread out

Usage Note

Déployer follows the regular -oyer/-ayer spelling pattern, with 'y' changing to 'i' before a silent 'e' (je déploie). It is used in military contexts (to deploy troops), technology (to deploy software), and figuratively (to deploy efforts — déployer des efforts). The noun déploiement means 'deployment'.

Examples

"L'armée a déployé ses troupes à la frontière."

Natural Translation

The army deployed its troops at the border.

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