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

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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

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1. reconnaissancenoun

   Synonyms:
   preliminary survey, rough survey

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1. List of paraphrases for "reconnaissance":

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

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1. Larry Johnson:

   Every country is engaged in spying at this event, and they have their intelligence/surveillance teams come in at least a week in advance, often from different ports of entry, so they are harder to trace, they will be doing every type of surveillance you can imagine, from intercepting cell phone traffic and WiFi to bugging hotel rooms, visual surveillance (photography) and in-person reconnaissance. Johnson said the.

2. Vago Muradian:

   Iran is looming very, very large after the resumption of its nuclear activities, the Saudi Aramco attack and earlier this summer the shootdown of the (U.S.) RQ-4 reconnaissance drone, all of these elements are coming together to raise tensions and then you have the internal unrest in Iran which I think exacerbates the situation, because you don't know how the leadership is going to react in a moment like that.

3. 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.

4. John McCain:

   And I can understand, when it was a very small operation, why it would be done by the intelligence agencies, such as U-2s and other reconnaissance aircraft, for many years. Now it has reached the point where it's an integral part of the conflict.

5. The NHC:

   We should have a better idea of how strong Hurricane Isaias will become near the US after reconnaissance aircraft sample the storm and after it passes Hispaniola later today.