Term: reconnaissance in force: an offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information)
Candidate hypernym: reconnaissance: the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) → 1
Candidate hypernym: froelichia: genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed → 0
Candidate hypernym: broadcast area: the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received → 0
Candidate hypernym: hexameter: a verse line having six metrical feet → 0
Candidate hypernym: vajra: Indra's thunderbolt → 0
Candidate hypernym: woolly rhinoceros: extinct thick-haired species of Arctic regions → 0
Candidate hypernym: rally: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort → 0
Candidate hypernym: unit of measurement: any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange → 0
Candidate hypernym: spanish dagger: yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: mooring: (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place → 0
Candidate hypernym: impenitence: the trait of refusing to repent → 0