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sortie

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sor·tie  (sôrt, sôr-t)
n.
1. An armed attack, especially one made from a place surrounded by enemy forces.
2. A flight of a combat aircraft on a mission.
intr.v. sor·tied, sor·tie·ing, sor·ties
To go on a sortie.

[French, from feminine past participle of sortir, to go out, from Old French.]

sortie [ˈsɔːtɪ]
n
1. (Military)
a.  (of troops, etc.) the act of emerging from a contained or besieged position
b.  the troops doing this
2. (Military) an operational flight made by one aircraft
vb -ties, -tieing, -tied
(Military) (intr) to make a sortie
[from French: a going out, from sortir to go out]

In air operations, an operational flight by one aircraft.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sortiesortie - a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
2.sortie - (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
flying, flight - an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

sortie
noun
1. outing, trip, expedition, excursion, jaunt, spin (informal), awayday, pleasure trip From here we plan several sorties into the countryside.
2. raid, operation, mission, flight They flew 2,700 sorties in a day and didn't lose a single plane.
Translations
sortie [ˈsɔːtɪ] N (Aer, Mil) → salida f
to make a sortiehacer una salida
a sortie into townuna escapada a la ciudad

sortie [ˈsɔːrtiː] n
(MILITARY)sortie f
(= foray) → sortie f
sorting office ncentre m de tri
sort-out [ˈsɔːrtaʊt] n
to have a sort-out → faire du rangement

sortie
n (Mil) → Ausfall m; (Aviat) → (Einzel)einsatz m, → Feindflug m; a sortie into town/bankingein Ausflug or Abstecher min die Stadt/ins Bankwesen

sortie [ˈsɔːtɪ] n (Aer, Mil) → sortita
sortie [ˈsɔːtɪ] n (Aer, Mil) → sortita

sortie
n sortie [ˈsoːti]
1 a sudden raid or attacking mission. aanval هَجْمَةٌ مُفاجِئَه вилазка výpad udfald; raid der Ausfall εξόρμηση escapada (äkk)rünnak حمله ي ناگهاني rynnäkkö sortie הַתקָפָה धावा, झपट provala, juriš bevetés misi serangan skyndileg árás sortita 出撃 (포위당한 군대의) 돌격 antpuolis uzbrukums serangan uitval tokt wypad sortida misiune вылазка výpad napad borbeni let utfall, utbrytningsförsök การโจมตีเข้าไปในเขตศัตรู saldırı 突擊 вилазка ہلّہ، دھاوا sự xông ra phá vây
2 a short trip or expedition. uitval رِحْلَةٌ أو حَمْلَةٌ قَصيرَه кратка експедиция výlet udflugt; tur der Einsatz εκδρομή salida, escapada (lühi)reis گشت reissu sortie יְצִיאָה उड़ान kratki izlet „bevetés” ekspedisi stutt ferðalag/leiðangur viaggetto 小旅行 짧은 여행 išvyka izbraukums keluar uitstapje kort reise, tokt wypad sortida raid вылазка výlet izlet ekspedicija flygning, uppstigning การเตรียมพร้อม kısa gezi 短途旅行 виліт اچانک مہم یا حملہ chuyến đi xa nhà ngắn ngày


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Not one of those Indians did we afterward see, but by the smoke and glare of their fires in the gulch we knew that by day and by night they watched with ready rifles in the edge of the bush--knew that if we made a sortie not a man of us would live to take three steps into the open.
d'Artagnan, annoyed by a sortie which the governor, an artful man, had made the evening before, and in which the works had been destroyed and seventy-seven men killed, and the reparation of the breaches commenced, had just gone with twenty companies of grenadiers to reconstruct the works.
de la Tremouille's domestics in daring to make a SORTIE upon the king's Musketeers.
 
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