Sortie

[Sor·tie]

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.

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

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

Noun
a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position


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


Sortie

Sor"tie (?; 277), n. [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.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

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

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