sortie
- noun
- /sɔrˈti/
- Specialized
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salida
- Despite some level of success, the sortie had failed to break the siege and the Byzantine forces retreated into the city as they did.
Examples
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Six units, commence sortie.
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He pointed to the body? "is the reason I will not take atheists along on any sortie against the enemy.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Indians made a sortie at us, but we repulsed them.
Fiction book (1997) -
There is no breaching, no sortie, and no wailing in our streets.
Academic text (1993) -
The French then repel an Ottoman sortie, inflicting heavy losses.
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The French then repel an Ottoman sortie, inflicting heavy losses.
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First and foremost, Baleoni sent out numerous devastating sorties, slaughtering Ottoman gun crews and burning siege works.
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After weeks under siege, the soldiers planned a sortie to surprise the enemy camp at dawn.
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The garrison launched a bold sortie to break the siege and push back the advancing troops.
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On the second day of their confinement, the fortress defenders executed a small sortie to gather supplies.
Synonyms
373
4.9
A sudden attack by police or soldiers on a place
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8.2
A sudden short attack into enemy land
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4.4
A short, intense effort to do something quickly, often by many people
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9.6
An attack by soldiers who rush out from a place under siege
A sudden surprise attack on a place by soldiers
Antonyms
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sortie comes from the French verb sortir, which means 'to go out' and is like exit. A sortie originally meant leaving a safe place to attack, so it now means a sudden attack by troops coming out of a defended position.