Definition of Sortie

1. Noun. A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.

Exact synonyms: Sally
Generic synonyms: Action, Military Action
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine

2. Noun. (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation).
Generic synonyms: Flight, Flying
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine

Definition of Sortie

1. n. The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

Definition of Sortie

1. Noun. (military) An offensive military mission. Used originally to mean an attack from a fortress, but most commonly used today to describe a single mission by a military aircraft. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To sally. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sortie

1. to attack suddenly from a defensive position [v -TIED, -TIEING, -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sortie

sortal
sortals
sortance
sortances
sortase
sortases
sortation
sortations
sorte
sorted
sorted oneself out
sorted out
sorter
sorters
sortes
sortie (current term)
sortied
sortieing
sorties
sortilege
sortileges
sortilegious
sorting
sorting algorithm
sorting algorithms
sorting oneself out
sorting out
sorting program
sortings
sortition

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