sortie
noun/ˈsɔːti/
/ˈsɔːrti/
- a flight that is made by an aircraft during military operations; an attack made by soldiers synonym raid
- a bombing sortie
- They had made several sorties against enemy troops.
- He led his platoon in a sortie against the enemy.
- a short trip away from your home or the place where you are synonym foray
- I went on a shopping sortie with my mother.
- sortie into something an effort that you make to do or join something new synonym foray
- His first sortie into politics was unsuccessful.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, feminine past participle of sortir ‘go out’.
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