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patrol::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | detachment |
patrol::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | personnel, force |
| Has types | border patrol, harbor patrol |
patrol::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protection |
| Has types | round-the-clock patrol, airborne patrol |
Examples of patrol
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During one journey, the fishing boat was boarded by a North Korean naval patrol.
From the theatlantic.com
When road patrol deputies arrived, they spotted Rutledge sitting inside her car.
From the news-journalonline.com
He sternly watches a U.S. patrol of several armored Humvees pass the checkpoint.
From the time.com
On Sunday, April 4, Ellis joined the 2nd platoon on a patrol to scout locations.
From the time.com
He and his wife, Sue, have found patrol work rewarding over the last five years.
From the heraldtribune.com
The recording, from equipment mounted in the patrol car, spans about 18 minutes.
From the kansas.com
She is prepped to be towed out to sea by the harbor patrol boat at Doheny Beach.
From the ocregister.com
The officers had the lights flashing on their patrol cars as they stood outside.
From the stltoday.com
I sought a sense for how it feels to patrol the front lines in this flood fight.
From the desmoinesregister.com
- A detachment used for security or reconnaissance
- Maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol
- The activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
- A patrol is commonly a group of law enforcement personnel, such as police officers or soldiers, that are assigned to monitor a specific geographic area. The purpose is often to maintain rule of law.
- Patrol was a board wargame released in the early 1970s as a companion to Sniper! in 1974 by Simulations Publications, Inc. It billed itself as "Man to Man Combat in the 20th Century" and simulated combat from the First World War to the (then) present day.
- Patrolling is a military tactic. Small groups or individual units are deployed from a larger formation to achieve a specific objective and then return. The tactic of patrolling may be applied to ground troops, armoured units, naval units, and combat aircraft. ...
- A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts; A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain ...
- (Patrolling) in odonates, refers to males that defend their territories by flying through the area rather than sitting on a perch. Patrolling odonates are fliers while those that sit on perches are perchers.
- (patrolling) A mate-locating behavior of butterflies characterized by males flying through likely habitat in search of receptive females.
