reconnaissance by fire

1. 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

   Broaderreconnaissance

Questions about reconnaissance by fire

What does reconnaissance by fire mean?

reconnaissance by fire means "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".

Is reconnaissance by fire a common word?

reconnaissance by fire is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.