Repatrol

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A patrol of an area that was already previously patrolled.

    "The United States Coast Guard also has furnished the committee with records of depth soundings taken in the North Atlantic in the course of its repatrol work which have their application to the study of the seismic area of the Grand Banks."

Verb
  1. 1
    To patrol again.

    "There is, however, some solid ground in this area that need not presently be repatrolled."

Example

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"There is, however, some solid ground in this area that need not presently be repatrolled."

Etymology

From re- + patrol.

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