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sortie

American  
[sawr-tee] / ˈsɔr ti /

noun

  1. a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.

  2. a body of troops involved in such a movement.

  3. the flying of an airplane on a combat mission.

verb (used without object)

sortied, sortieing

  1. to go on a sortie; sally forth.

sortie British  
/ ˈsɔːtɪ /

noun

    1. (of troops, etc) the act of emerging from a contained or besieged position

    2. the troops doing this

  2. an operational flight made by one aircraft

  3. a short or relatively short return trip

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verb

  1. (intr) to make a sortie

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Etymology

Origin of sortie

1680–90; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of sortir to go out

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