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Sortie Made Bre /ˈsɔːti/Name /ˈsɔːrti/Noun 1 A Flight Aircraft Military Operations

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1 a flight that is made by an aircraft during military operations; an attack made by soldiers raida bombing sortie They had made several sorties against enemy troops.

2 a short trip away from your home or the place where you are forayI went on a shopping sortie with my mother.

3 ~ into sth an effort that you make to do or join sth new forayHis first sortie into politics was unsuccessful.

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