Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reconnaissance_by_fire

1 sense of reconnaissance by fire

Sense 1
reconnaissance by fire -- (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)
       => reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission -- (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission")