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sortie |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sortie n 1: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position [syn: {sally}] 2: an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
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