The Collaborative International Dictionary
Emplace \Em*place"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emplaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Emplacing.] [Cf. F. emplacer. See En-; Place, v. & n.] To put into place or position; to fix on an emplacement.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of emplace English)
Usage examples of "emplacing".
But emplacing them would also have been a tell-tale trail of bread crumbs for any Arachnid picket or survey force which had chanced upon them, and the lieutenant's odd eyes met the admiral's squarely.
One of our RD2s actually caught them in the act of emplacing the buoy and observed what happened when they activated it!
The Bugs' offsetting advantage, however, was that by never emplacing the long chains of deep-space relay satellites which sent messages across star systems, or the crewed com stations hovering at each intervening warp point to shuttle courier drones back and forth, or even the navigation buoys which courier drones required to reorient for transit without such com stations, they left no "bread crumbs" behind.
We'll make it look as if the forces emplacing the charges are actually building a fortress to threaten their logistics line.
Their minelayers were emplacing their own mines—and, undoubtedly, energy buoys—on their side of the warp point.
And, she didn't need to add, emplacing such buoys would have been like advertising the flotilla's position with bells and strobe lights for any cloaked Bug pickets that might be lurking in the systems through which they'd passed.
Their minelayers were emplacing their own mines - and, undoubtedly, energy buoys - on their side of the warp point.
The ship had been on a routine mission, checking and emplacing asteroid warning beacons, when the order had come.
Just as he rounded the back, he found Sergeant Ko emplacing the last safety pin into the massive tow bar that connected his vehicle to Captain Murphy's.