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Plural for an attack made by troops from a besieged position
“The Duxford Wing decamped to West Malling where all three squadrons congregated in eager anticipation of an offensive sortie against the Luftwaffe airfield at Abbeville.”
Plural for a mission or operation, typically by the military
“I was on a short, night sortie to reset my landing currency before we pulled into Singapore.”
Plural for a short journey or trip
“Stash your carry-on and bring a day bag on your sortie to the city.”
Plural for a sustained fight or conflict, especially between large organized armed forces
Plural for an act of running somewhere suddenly and rapidly
Plural for a sudden and widespread occurrence or manifestation of something
To come out from a defensive position to make an attack
“I sortie out to the riverbed and the sentries, who stand like dull rods in the wind.”
To emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space
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