transcription, транскрипция: [ sɔ:(r)ti ]
( sorties)
1.
A sortie is a brief trip away from your home base, especially a trip to an unfamiliar place. ( FORMAL )
From here we plan several sorties into the countryside on foot.
= foray
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2.
If a military force makes a sortie , it leaves its own position and goes briefly into enemy territory to make an attack. ( FORMAL )
His men made a sortie to Guazatan and took a prisoner...
= raid
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