overhaul tackle holistic reconnaissance creak

overhaul

o·ver·haul2 /ˈəʊvəhɔːl $ ˈoʊvərhɒːl/ noun [countable]

necessary changes or repairs made to a machine or system
1. The car needs a complete overhaul
when a system or method is changed in order to improve it
1. an overhaul of the tax system

tack·le1 S3 W3 /ˈtækəl/ verb

[transitive] to try to deal with difficult problem
1. There is more than one way to tackle the problem
2. It took twelve fire engines to tackle the blaze
[intransitive and transitive]
1. to try to take the ball away from an opponent in a game such as football or hockey
2. to force someone to the ground so that they stop running, in a game such as American football or rugby
[transitive] British English to talk to someone in order to deal with difficult problem
1. tackle someone about something
  1. When I tackled Susan about it, she admitted she’d made a mistake
[transitive] to start fighting someone, especially a criminal
1. I certainly couldn’t tackle both of them on my own

ho·lis·tic /həʊˈlɪstɪk $ hoʊ-/ adjective

considering a person or thing as a whole, rather than as separate parts
1. a holistic approach to design
holistic medicine/treatment/healing etc medical treatment based on the belief that the whole person must be treated, not just the part of their body that has a disease

re·con·nais·sance /rɪˈkɒnəsəns, rɪˈkɒnɪsəns $ rɪˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

the military activity of sending soldiers and aircraft to find out about the enemy’s force

creak /kriːk/ verb [intransitive]

if something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walk on it, sits on it etc
- The floorboards creaked as she walked across the room
- The door creaked open
creak noun [countable]