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reconnoitering::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exploratory survey, reconnoitring, scouting |
| Type of | reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission |
| Derivation | reconnoiter |
Examples of reconnoitering
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They acted as scouts reconnoitering in front of the army when it was on the march.
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Suree, there's a difference between thinking you might rob a bank and reconnoitering banks.
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The Regiment's 121st Squadron was then charged with reconnoitering the main road to Neustadt.
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At last, the couple become part of a Castroish band of guerrillas reconnoitering the French woods.
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D'Estaing spent 3 July reconnoitering the British position.
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At the mouth of the cave while reconnoitering, he crouched down just as a sniper's bullet passed over his head.
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Reconnoitering into the past, we pick through the debris, eager to know old truths but fearful of what we may find.
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Maybe that someone was reconnoitering with accomplices who worked on the planes, who could plant weapons onboard.
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Later that morning, Puller's troops chased away two Japanese patrols that were reconnoitering the Marine Lunga defenses.
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- Scout: explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- (reconnoitering) scouting: exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"
- Reconnaissance is a mission to obtain information by visual observation or other detection methods, about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or about the meteorologic, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area.
- An act or instance of reconnoitering; To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information
- (reconnoitered) Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation)
- (6. reconnoitering) a gathering of information concerning an enemy's position or movements
- To survey or examine.
