sortie

6 letters · noun · scores 1,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

Sortie in a sentence

They are vastly outnumbered: Russia is believed to fly some 200 sorties per day while Ukraine flies five to 10.

Finally, the astronauts will descend to the lunar surface. After their sortie on the moon, they'll return to the orbital station.

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