Look up: sortie

1. sortie
   [n] - a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position 2. [n] - an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
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2. sortie
   an operational flight by one aircraft Category: Defense
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3. Sortie
   Sor'tie noun [ French, from sortir to go out, to issue, probably from Latin sortus , for surrectus , past participle of surgere to raise up, to rise up. See Source .] (Mil.) The sudden issuing of a body of troo...
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4. sortie
   sally noun a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
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5. Sortie
   • (n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
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6. Sortie
   `Sortie` is a term for deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops from a strongpoint. The sortie, whether by one or more aircraft or vessels, usually has a specific mission. The term has been adopted from the French past participle 3rd group verb, verbs en...
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