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Synonyms for reconnaissance
rɪˈkɒn ə səns, -zənsre·con·nais·sance

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 10 votes

  1. reconnaissance, reconnaissance missionnoun

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

    "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission"

    Synonyms:
    reconnaissance mission

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. reconnaissancenoun

    Synonyms:
    preliminary survey, rough survey

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  1. Ben Hodges:

    By the end of ... 2015, we will have gotten all the equipment for a heavy brigade, that means three battalions plus a reconnaissance squadron, the artillery headquarters, engineers, and it will stay in Europe, you are talking about 150-ish, maybe 160 M1 tanks, M2 Bradley fighting vehicles, 24 self-propelled howitzers.

  2. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

    The aerial reconnaissance flights confirmed significant damage in the southern islands, particularly Tanna island, where it appears that more than 80 percent of houses and buildings have been partially or completely destroyed.

  3. Congressman Cooper:

    National Reconnaissance Office has actually done a pretty amazing job, they're not as well-known as some other agencies. ... But I had a recent side-by-side briefing with the National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force. My conclusion after that briefing was : thank God for National Reconnaissance Office. I anxiously await the day that I can say the same about Space Force.

  4. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

    We understand that the reconnaissance imagery shows widespread devastation, not only buildings flattened -- palm plantations, trees. It's quite a devastating sight.

  5. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko:

    We need more to be able to defend ourselves and protect our soldiers. We need radar reconnaissance, drones, radio and night-vision equipment. I am going to talk to the Chancellor about this, it's not about weapons of attack -- we don't want to attack anyone.


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