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Sortie

/sɔˈti/

An attack made by troops from a besieged position.

📖 Definitions of "Sortie"

noun
  1. 1

    An attack made by troops from a besieged position.

  2. 2

    An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.

    "Russia said it carried out 55 sorties in the last 24 hours."

  3. 3

    An attacking move

verb
  1. 1

    To sally.

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