Meaning Of The Word Sortie

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sortie
countable noun: A sortie is a brief trip away from your home base, especially a trip to an unfamiliar place.
countable noun: If a military force makes a sortie, it leaves its own position and goes briefly into enemy territory to make an attack.

sortie in American English
a sudden rushing forth; sally; specif., a quick raid on besiegers by those besieged
intransitive verb: to go on a sortie; sally forth
noun: a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers

sortie in British English
noun: (of troops, etc) the act of emerging from a contained or besieged position
verb: to make a sortie

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