Sortie
noun
A short journey made by a group of people, usually for a specific purpose.
The soldiers made a sortie into enemy territory.
Often appears as...
- military sortie
- night sortie
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Military
noun
A sudden attack made by troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
During the siege, they made a sortie to get supplies.
Often appears as...
- make a sortie
- daring sortie
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Military
noun
A mission flown by a single military aircraft.
The fighter jet flew a sortie to survey the area.
Often appears as...
- fly a sortie
- single sortie
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Aeronautical
noun
A short journey made by a group of people, usually for a specific purpose.
The soldiers made a sortie into enemy territory.
Often appears as...
- military sortie
- night sortie
Usage tips
Military
noun
A sudden attack made by troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
During the siege, they made a sortie to get supplies.
Often appears as...
- make a sortie
- daring sortie
Usage tips
Military
noun
A mission flown by a single military aircraft.
The fighter jet flew a sortie to survey the area.
Often appears as...
- fly a sortie
- single sortie
Usage tips
Aeronautical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Group Activity
Focus on the collective aspect. 'Sortie' implies that a group, not an individual, is making the journey.
Volunteers organized a sortie to clean the park.
Pro Tip 2/2Purposeful Travel
Remember, a 'sortie' is not just any trip; it has a clear, intentional goal.
The researchers planned a sortie to collect soil samples.
Pro Tip 1/2Group Activity
Focus on the collective aspect. 'Sortie' implies that a group, not an individual, is making the journey.
Volunteers organized a sortie to clean the park.
Pro Tip 2/2Purposeful Travel
Remember, a 'sortie' is not just any trip; it has a clear, intentional goal.
The researchers planned a sortie to collect soil samples.
Pro Tip 1/2Group Activity
Focus on the collective aspect. 'Sortie' implies that a group, not an individual, is making the journey.
Volunteers organized a sortie to clean the park.
Pro Tip 2/2Purposeful Travel
Remember, a 'sortie' is not just any trip; it has a clear, intentional goal.
The researchers planned a sortie to collect soil samples.
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there that the particular rock they were being asked to look for simply not only wasn't there but that the entire concept of of the development of the moon that this sortie was meant to verify who must be wrong and and they went and collect they collected the samples that they saw
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Hangout to Explore the...
there that the particular rock they were being asked to look for simply not only wasn't there but that the entire concept of of the development of the moon that this sortie was meant to verify who must be wrong and and they went and collect they collected the samples that they saw
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Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek Politician
I invite all those who share my anxiety about, and hopes for, the future, and who burn with the desire for a political rebirth, to enlist with us. And addressing myself especially to the young, I invite them to become the vanguard in this sortie of national reconstruction. For a proud and happy Greece!
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Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek Politician
I invite all those who share my anxiety about, and hopes for, the future, and who burn with the desire for a political rebirth, to enlist with us. And addressing myself especially to the young, I invite them to become the vanguard in this sortie of national reconstruction. For a proud and happy Greece!
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