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The definition of a sortie is a mission by a military plane, or a raid made while being surrounded by an enemy.

(noun)

An example of a sortie is a plane carrying out orders to bomb a site.
An example of a sortie is a group of fighters rising up against those who are coming for them.

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See sortie in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. a sudden rushing forth; sally; specif., a quick raid on besiegers by those besieged
2. the forces making such a raid
one mission by a single military plane

Origin: Fr < sortir, to issue, go out < VL *sortire, prob. < L sortitus, chosen, selected by lot, pp. of sortiri < sors: see sort

See sortie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An armed attack, especially one made from a place surrounded by enemy forces.
A flight of a combat aircraft on a mission.

intransitive verb sor·tied, sor·tie·ing, sor·ties

To go on a sortie.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from feminine past participle of sortir, to go out

Origin: , from Old French

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