reconnoitring


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reconnoitring

(ˌrɛkəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ)
n
(Military) military the activity of obtaining information about the geographical features of a place or about the size and position of an army there
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Noun 1. [画像:reconnoitring - exploring in order to gain information]reconnoitring - exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"
reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission - the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"
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As he was reconnoitring the fort, he perceived an Indian peeping through an aperture.
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She was hardened; barely reacted to his reconnoitring palm beneath the calf of her bare leg.
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The other day, when he was reconnoitring around the University of Okara along GT Road, he was arrested by the CTD and other security agencies.
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When his wife, reconnoitring in the kitchen cupboard, notices the brown sauce is almost finished, she, too, heads for the shops to replenish supplies.
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It was an opportunity to do a bit of reconnoitring in Europe's capital, as tough negotiations and a risky people's vote loom on the horizon.
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Lord Bannatyne, in his closing speech, told the jury the Crown claimed Webster was "reconnoitring the area".
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The first reconnoitring group comprising two French nationals, sent by the FPF and on their on way to Afghanistan was apprehended by the ISI in January this year from Lahore.
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