Definitions from Wiktionary (Sortie)

▸ noun:  (military, also attributively and figuratively)
▸ noun:  An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
▸ noun:  (aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
▸ noun:  (by extension)
▸ noun:  An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
▸ noun:  (figuratively)
▸ noun:  An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
▸ noun:  (sports) An attacking move.
▸ noun:  (astronautics) An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
▸ noun:  (military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”)
▸ noun:  (photography) A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To carry out a sortie; to sally.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see sortie

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