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RECONNAISSANCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)

Example:

an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission

Synonyms:

reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reconnaissance" is a kind of...):

intelligence; intelligence activity; intelligence operation (the operation of gathering information about an enemy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reconnaissance"):

recce; recco; reccy (reconnaissance (by shortening))

exploratory survey; reconnoitering; reconnoitring; scouting (exploring in order to gain information)

air reconnaissance (reconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors)

reconnaissance by fire (a method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire)

reconnaissance in force (an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information))

shufti (a quick look around (originally military slang))

electronic reconnaissance (the detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive))

Derivation:

reconnoiter; reconnoitre (explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody)

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