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Meanings of sortie in inglês

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escomesa
espanhol
salida

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

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Examples for "sally"
Examples for "sally"
1
Entire confidence had been placed by the Parisians in the great sally.
A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the...
2
Laughter greeted this sally, in spite of the seriousness of the situation.
The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands; Or, The Yankee-Canadian ...
3
And Anna joined in the laugh with which this sally was greeted.
Good Old Anna
4
Like soldiers dismissed from ranks, the sudden gathering in the sally-port dispersed.
Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
5
This sally was not fitted to arrest the explosion of general merriment.
Notre-Dame de Paris
Usage of sortie in inglês
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
espanhol
salida
Sortie through the time
Sortie across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common