Definitions
(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
Used 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.”
“Kai Johansen made a sortie down the right and, running out of ideas, tried a shot from more than 20 yards.”
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01“Single military flight”6 letters
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