reconnoiter

[ US /ˌɹikəˈnɔɪtɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
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How To Use reconnoiter In A Sentence

  • I'm afraid that's my training; always reconnoitre thoroughly. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
  • Edwin, who, with Grimsby, had volunteered the dangerous service of reconnoitering the enemy, returned within an hour, bringing in a straggler from the English camp. The Scottish Chiefs
  • Special Forces reconnoitered the jungle, looking for U.N. forces being held hostage as part of Cobra Gold 2002 exercises.
  • They were sent to reconnoitre the enemy powder magazine.
  • They reconnoitred and calmly informed control what was needed.
  • The group was tasked to parachute behind enemy lines, infiltrate into the town, reconnoiter the objective, select the place to kill the mayor, and then execute actions on the objective.
  • In this case, an exception should be made not only for clumsy phrases, but for simple oversights, such as a girl going to "reconnoiter" rather than rendezvous with her boyfriend. Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones – review
  • They moved at high speed, often with motorcycle combinations, ahead of the panzer divisions, to reconnoitre routes and maintain the momentum of the assault.
  • Submarines also engaged enemy combatant ships and auxiliary vessels, pursuing combat operations in assumed or reconnoitered combat designation areas of enemy task forces and on their deployment routes.
  • He was sent to Eritrea to reconnoitre the enemy position.
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