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Definition of Sortie

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

2. Noun. (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation).

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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