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SORTIE
sortie
(noun) (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
sortie, sally
(noun) a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Sortie (plural Sorties)
A surname.
Anagrams
• Storie, Tories, restio, storie, tiroes, tories, triose, Ĺ“stri
Etymology
Noun
sortie (plural sorties)
(military) An attack made by troops from a besieged position.
(military) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
(figurative, sports) An attacking move
Verb
sortie (third-person singular simple present sorties, present participle sortieing or sortying, simple past and past participle sortied)
(transitive) To sally.
Synonyms
• (an offensive military mission): scramble
Anagrams
• Storie, Tories, restio, storie, tiroes, tories, triose, Ĺ“stri
Source: Wiktionary
Sor"tie, n. Etym: [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr. L. sortus, for surrectus, p.p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up. See Source.] (Mil.)
Definition: The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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