|  reconnaissance 
 
 the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
 - an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
 • Syn:
 reconnaissance mission
 • Derivationally related forms:
 reconnoitre, reconnoiter
 • Hypernyms:
 intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation
 • Hyponyms:
 recce, recco, reccy, scouting, exploratory survey,
 exploratory survey, reconnoitring, air reconnaissance, reconnaissance by fire, reconnaissance in force,
 shufti, electronic reconnaissance
 
 
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