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sortie

/sɔˈti/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An attack made by troops from a besieged position.
  2. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
  3. An attacking move
  4. To sally.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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