Associations to the word «Sortie»
Noun
- Bombing
- Lagoon
- Deployment
- Raf
- Munition
- Sweep
- Rehearsal
- Jg
- Hampton
- Marshall
- Airfield
- Ton
- Corsair
- Airlift
- Bismarck
- Philippines
- Screening
- Pilot
- Sea
- Flagship
- Philippine
- Siege
- Airman
- Blocking
- Coral
- Ju
- Transport
- Bound
- Ki
- Santo
- Augusta
- Hawker
- Solomon
- Cas
- Hornet
- Gilbert
- Mirage
- Harrier
- Ship
- Kiel
- Iraq
- Fac
- Norfolk
- Island
- Lopez
- Grand
- Foray
- Afb
- Trench
- Nato
- Antwerp
- Tanker
- Newport
- Total
- Gibraltar
- Kuwait
- Pedro
- Linebacker
- Ezra
- Batterie
- Clasp
- Craft
- Screen
- Mosquito
- Brest
- Sinking
- Hanoi
Adjective
Wiktionary
SORTIE, noun. (military) An offensive military mission. Used originally to mean an attack from a fortress, but most commonly used today to describe a single mission by a military aircraft.
SORTIE, verb. (transitive) To sally.
Dictionary definition
SORTIE, noun. A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.
SORTIE, noun. (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation).
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