RECONNAISSANCE BY FIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reconnaissance by fire mean? 

• RECONNAISSANCE BY FIRE (noun)
  The noun RECONNAISSANCE BY FIRE has 1 sense:

1. a method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire

  Familiarity information: RECONNAISSANCE BY FIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECONNAISSANCE BY FIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reconnaissance by fire" is a kind of...):

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