INTELLIGENCE OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intelligence operation mean? 

• INTELLIGENCE OPERATION (noun)
  The noun INTELLIGENCE OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. the operation of gathering information about an enemy

  Familiarity information: INTELLIGENCE OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTELLIGENCE OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The operation of gathering information about an enemy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

intelligence; intelligence activity; intelligence operation

Hypernyms ("intelligence operation" is a kind of...):

information gathering (the act of collecting information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intelligence operation"):

spying; undercover work (the act of keeping a secret watch for intelligence purposes)

current intelligence (intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest; usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation)

combat intelligence; tactical intelligence (intelligence that is required for the planning and conduct of tactical operations)

strategic intelligence (intelligence that is required for forming policy and military plans at national and international levels)

SIGINT; signals intelligence (intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence)

clandestine operation (an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to insure concealment)

overt operation (the collection of intelligence openly without concealment)

reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))

counterintelligence (intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism)