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Reconnoitre
Reconnoitre meaning
To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information. | To recognise.
Synonyms of Reconnoitre
Example sentences (4)
All I can do is reconnoitre and lead in boats that have torpedoes.
If this did in fact occur, one possible interpretation is that these ships had been a decoy sent to reconnoitre the northern exit from the straits, in case the arrival of the encircling Egyptian detachment was imminent (if indeed this also occurred).
Not knowing that they were empty and thinking that inside them there were Saracen forces ready for battle, they sent officers to reconnoitre and discovered that all the Ishmaelite troops had left.
Reaching Cartagena on 13 March, Vernon immediately landed several men to map the topography and to reconnoitre the Spanish squadron anchored in Playa Grande, west of Cartagena.