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Meanings of sortie in English

Catalan
escomesa
Spanish
salida

A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.

        escomesa
        Usage of sortie in English
        1
        But you don't need to prepare new reports for the first sortie.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        2
        After Johann's sortie, however, Keiko became more moody, often quarreling with Beatrice.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        3
        While they're gone we can work out the details of the sortie.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        4
        We don't need to plan the entire next sortie at this moment.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        5
        The knight of the temple preparing for a sortie against the Saracen.
        Tartarin De Tarascon
        6
        Such a sortie from cover is the standing risk of the game-preserver.
        Nature Near London
        7
        We must make our sortie by the outlet leading to the well.
        The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley
        8
        The capture of Alhama, the first Christian sortie of the war, yielded
        1492 the year our world began
        9
        It can stay where it is, or it can make a sortie.
        The Little Nugget
        10
        Through this the garrison might have made a sortie with telling effect.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
        11
        A designed co-operation with the Belgian sortie from Antwerp established beyond doubt.
        New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginn...
        12
        He told me that preparations are being made for a great sortie.
        The Parisians — Volume 12
        13
        Of course Burnett's projected attack and the sortie were kept profoundly secret.
        The Young Rajah
        14
        They haven't the men in Heng for a sortie in any strength.'
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        15
        I think that, when night comes, we ought to make a sortie.
        At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
        16
        I don't think there is any fear of their making a sortie.
        Saint Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars
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        Translations for sortie
        Spanish
        salida
        Sortie through the time
        Sortie across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common