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, œstri

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, œstri

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