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    sortie
    /ˈsɔːti/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. come out from a defensive position to make an attack: "we'll soon know if they sortie"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSORTIE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a short journey to somewhere you have not been before, often with a particular purpose: It was our first sortie into the shopping centre. an attempt to do something: This is the acclaimed historian John Taylor's first sortie into fiction. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attacking & invading. advance guard. aggressor. ambush.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › sortieSortie Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the meaning of sortie as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Sortie can mean a sudden issuing of troops, a mission by a plane, or an excursion.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › sortieSORTIE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers. a body of troops involved in such a movement. the flying of an airplane on a combat mission. verb (used without object) , sor·tied, sor·tie·ing. to go on a sortie; sally forth. sortie. / ˈsɔːtɪ / noun.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › sortieSortie - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    When a group of soldiers is sent on a specific mission, it's called a sortie. A fighter pilot's sortie might involve a mission to drop a bomb on a target and return to base. When a fighting unit is deployed, heading out on a military mission, you can describe it as a sortie.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionsortie noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    Learn the meaning of sortie as a noun in English, with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes. Find out the difference between sortie and raid, foray and sortie into something.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSORTIE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Sortie is a noun that means a brief trip away from your home base, especially a trip to an unfamiliar place, or a military attack by a force leaving its position. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of sortie with examples.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › sortieSortie - definition of sortie by The Free Dictionary

    sortie. ( ˈsɔːtɪ) n. 1. (Military) a. (of troops, etc) the act of emerging from a contained or besieged position. b. the troops doing this. 2. (Military) an operational flight made by one aircraft. 3. a short or relatively short return trip. vb, -ties, -tieing or -tied. (Military) ( intr) to make a sortie.