scout

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The armed forces generally
absent without leave
anti-military
AWOL
CAO
casualty assistance officer
casualty notification officer
defence
dog tag
French Foreign Legion
guard
multi-service
non-military
outmarch
paramilitary
psych ops
quarter
recce
the military-industrial complex
the National Guard
the SAS

Examples of reconnoiter

reconnoiter
Is it not asking too much of residencies, however, to reconnoiter each summer to adjust to new residents of unknown skills and temperaments?
Immediate preparations were made to attack the fort, as one of the officers had reconnoitered its strength.
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The main body moves slowly forward after reconnoitering has commenced, without any order, and only passing whatever ground has been rendered secure by the reconnoiterers.
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The two clambered out and reconnoitered for help.
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But that peak was as good as any for reconnoitering the surrounding country, was higher than any other within several miles, in fact.
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He went up on the shoulder of the man who was to watch outside the rear wall, and straddled the wall for a brief reconnoiter.
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It was just before midnight when they swung down out of the sky to reconnoiter the ice jam.
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They descended, reconnoitered the corridor carefully, and retraced their steps.
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Then a party set out on foot to reconnoiter the land.
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It is right that the house should be reconnoitered without delay, but for us to do that in a body would be inviting defeat.
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The homes that he intended to plunder had been selected long before, and the premises in each case thoroughly reconnoitered.
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Here we stayed a couple of days, while our reconnoitering details went forward and familiarized themselves with the position.
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All day scouting parties in taxicabs kept appearing on the sandy plain to reconnoiter the fleet and fortress.
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Occasionally he would stop and apparently reconnoiter, and then cautiously advance.
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Then they slipped into the woods, reconnoitered carefully for a little while, finding nothing hostile, and returned to the river.
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