deploy against

Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words

to position forces or resources to oppose something or someone

deploydeploy + PREPOSITION

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against

Examples (10)

  • She rejected the arguments that had been deployed against her.
  • The army will deploy its elite forces against the insurgents.
  • Naval assets were deployed against the pirate threat.
  • New cybersecurity measures are being deployed against potential hackers.
  • The legal team deployed a series of clever tactics against the prosecution.
  • The company plans to deploy all its marketing resources against its main competitor.
  • It is forbidden to deploy chemical weapons against civilian populations.
  • Ancient empires would deploy cavalry against enemy infantry formations.
  • A new vaccine was rapidly deployed against the spreading virus.
  • He skillfully deployed irony against his opponent's simplistic claims.