reconnoitre in the PONS Dictionary

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In fact, in early times the village was used to reconnoitre the movements of the enemy.
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Its objectives were to reconnoitre and damage the beach defences, take prisoners and destroy a searchlight battery.
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Besides, there were also lookouts, drivers of getaway vehicles and several accomplices who helped reconnoitre the company before the robbery.
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We then sent spies down the river to reconnoitre, who sent word by a runner that several boats were coming up filled with men.
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They were sent to reconnoitre, and if assailed were ordered to signal, when they would have been reinforced by a corps of regular infantry and a battery....
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The next morning, he sent a party to reconnoitre the city.
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I watched the first episode and then the second and what started out as a casual reconnoitre became a full-scale immersion.
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Leaders walk out the designated route in order to reconnoitre it, bearing in mind that certain features of the route may change before the actual day of the walk.
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I wanted to put out a pinnace to reconnoitre but the wind was blowing so fiercely that it would have been dangerous.
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He/she learns the art of reconnoitre, making contacts, and, the numerous skills of operating an intelligence mission.
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