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sortie

/sɔˈti/
noun
  1. An attack made by troops from a besieged position.

  2. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.

    "Russia said it carried out 55 sorties in the last 24 hours."

  3. An attacking move

verb
  1. To sally.

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