2. Verb. (third-person singular of sortie) ¹
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Definition of Sorties
1. sortie [v] - See also: sortie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorties
Literary usage of Sorties
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars by Mark (1995)
"Number of Tactical sorties, by Service, Over North Vietnam, April-June 1972 Attack
sorties Support sorties Grand homing missiles. The threat of IRON HAND at ..."
2. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"Fortification of St. Miniato—Constancy of the Florentines—Small successes of the
citizens—Hopelessness of the contest—Defection of subject towns —sorties of ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1887)
"our people. . . . , , it caused In the course of this period the sorties—made
The night always at night—against the French and the English during this ..."
4. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1868)
"... operations —Ingenuity of officers and men—Enemy's defence—sorties—Wood's
approach—Loss of the Cincinnati—Tuttle's approach—Blair's approach—I!an- som's ..."
5. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1885)
"... material—Scarcity of engineer officers—First ground broken 23d of May—Engineer
operations —Ingenuity of officers and men—Enemy's defence—sorties—Wood's ..."
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