• Sortie

    Origin

    Borrowing from fr {{2}} sortie

    Full definition of sortie

    Noun

    sortie

    (plural sorties)
    1. (military) An offensive military mission. Used originally to mean an attack from a fortress, but most commonly used today to describe a single mission by a military aircraft.

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To sally.

    Synonyms

    • (an offensive military mission) scramble
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