Synonyms for reconnaissance
rɪˈkɒn ə səns, -zəns

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1. reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission(noun)

   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

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1. reconnaissance(n.)

   Synonyms:
   preliminary survey, rough survey

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1. List of paraphrases:

   recognition, reconnaisance, appreciation, poll, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, surveillance, detection, gratitude, exploratory, reconnoitre, survey, recce, recon, detect

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1. Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   We are in close contact with the Egyptian authorities, both civil and military. The Egyptian authorities have already sent air reconnaissance teams to the site, and France is ready to help with the search if the Egyptian authorities ask, of course, at this stage, no theory can be ruled out regarding the causes of the disappearance.

2. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon:

   The Tornado squadrons have proved their worth in the air campaign because of the precision weapons they have and because of the reconnaissance and surveillance that they carry out when they're not striking, the Americans and other allies have particularly valued the contribution of the Tornado and that's why we are continuing the Tornado squadron for another year.

3. Entrepreneur Jonathan Yaney:

   SpinLaunch fills this gap by providing dedicated orbital launch with high frequency at a magnitude lower cost than any current niche launch system, this will truly be a disruptive enabler for the emerging commercial space industry. There is a promising market surge in the demand for LEO constellations of inexpensive small satellites for disaster monitoring, weather, reconnaissance, communications and other services.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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