RECONNAISSANCE IN FORCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reconnaissance in force" is a kind of...):

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

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