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