sortienoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɔː.ti/us/ˈsɔːr.t̬i/a short, quick attack by a military force, such as a small group of soldiers or an aircraft, made against an enemy position:
A series of sorties was carried out at night by specially equipped aircraft.
a short journey to somewhere you have not been before, often with a particular purpose:
It was our first sortie into the shopping centre.
an attempt to do something:
This is the acclaimed historian John Taylor's first sortie into fiction.
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Attacking & invading
- ambush
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- blitz
- blitz
- cyberwarfare
- engage
- engagement
- going-over
- incursion
- invade
- invader
- offensive
- reducer
- relieve
- rip into sb/sth
- rush
- sack
- sacking
- sally
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Journeys
Trying and making an effort