Associations to the word «Sortie»
Noun
- Superiority
- Suez
- Mediterranean
- Pull
- Response
- Perch
- Standpoint
- October
- Kg
- Kosovo
- German
- Defender
- Sunk
- Trondheim
- Osman
- Survivor
- Cambodia
- Hour
- Vigour
- Lancaster
- British
- Vessel
- Aviator
- Gideon
- February
- Pound
- June
- Dump
- Wing
- Crew
- Prussian
- Barricade
- Dunn
- Yugoslavia
- Jet
- Commando
- Fuel
- Marine
- Surveillance
- Stronghold
- Shortage
- Joining
- Recapture
- Preparation
- Base
- Boer
- Zeppelin
- Navy
- Radar
- Pakistani
- Atlantic
- Cruise
- Loss
- Detecting
- Logging
- Mortar
- Japan
- Guardsman
- Enemy
- April
- Defence
- Cover
- Gladiator
- Syria
Adjective
Adverb
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).
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.