SORTIE


Meaning of SORTIE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a sally, esp. from a besieged garrison. 2 an operational flight by a single military aircraft.

v.intr. (sorties, sortied, sortieing) make a sortie; sally.

[ F, fem. past part. of sortir go out ]

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