Definition for Sortie:

• The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

Synonyms for Sortie:

• n.

  •
  • campaign,
  • skirmish,
  • mission,
  • incursion.
  •
  • push.
  •
  • blitz,
  • counterattack.
  •
  • drive,
  • expedition.
  •act (noun)
  • sally.
  •attack (noun)
  • offense,
  • attack,
  • foray,
  • warfare,
  • assault,
  • fight,
  • spasm,
  • invasion,
  • furor,
  • onslaught,
  • frenzy,
  • bombardment,
  • combat,
  • fury,
  • violence,
  • storm,
  • outbreak,
  • aggression,
  • barrage,
  • thrust,
  • raid,
  • battle,
  • riot,
  • tirade,
  • strike,
  • charge,
  • bloodshed,
  • war,
  • siege.
  •battle (noun)
  • war,
  • action,
  • attack,
  • fray,
  • bloodshed,
  • engagement,
  • onset,
  • clash,
  • barrage,
  • encounter,
  • skirmish,
  • warfare,
  • onslaught,
  • combat,
  • bombing,
  • campaign.
  •charge (noun)
  • mugging,
  • outbreak,
  • blitz,
  • push,
  • blitzkrieg.
  •foray (noun)
  • encounter,
  • reconnaissance,
  • irruption,
  • inroad.
  •mission (noun)
  • commission.
  •outbreak (noun)
  • fury,
  • crack,
  • storm,
  • spasm.
  •raid (noun)
  • incursion,
  • bust,
  • foray.
  •revenge (noun)
  • fight.
  •sally (noun)
  • outing,
  • escapade,
  • jaunt.
  •sortie (noun)
  • assault,
  • mission,
  • raid,
  • rush,
  • strike,
  • sally,
  • offense,
  • charge,
  • invasion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dash,
  • revenge.
  •purpose
  • mission.
  •Other relevant words:
  • demonstrative,
  • Estrapade,
  • Assailment,
  • overkill,
  • scoot,
  • affray,
  • run against,
  • outgoing,
  • expedition,
  • mugging,
  • bust,
  • diversionary attack,
  • run at,
  • strafing,
  • airstrike,
  • digression,
  • dry run,
  • onset,
  • crack,
  • ramble,
  • Assailing,
  • offensive,
  • aggravated assault,
  • fracture,
  • shock tactics,
  • blitz,
  • engagement,
  • crevice,
  • irruption,
  • fray,
  • sallying forth,
  • megadeath,
  • bombing,
  • extraverted,
  • blitzkrieg,
  • scramble,
  • breakthrough,
  • reconnaissance,
  • diversion,
  • descent on,
  • air cover,
  • combat mission,
  • shuttle raid,
  • drive,
  • friendly,
  • push,
  • extravert,
  • campaign,
  • care,
  • counterattack,
  • quip,
  • burden,
  • upcoming,
  • darting,
  • onrush,
  • Lightning Attack,
  • expansive,
  • spin,
  • forthcoming,
  • incursion,
  • outing,
  • clash,
  • revenge,
  • jaunt,
  • advance,
  • coup de main,
  • air raid,
  • rush,
  • chink,
  • action,
  • Camisade,
  • sally,
  • umbrella,
  • escapade,
  • gregarious,
  • encounter,
  • air support,
  • night raid,
  • mission,
  • extroverted,
  • extrovert,
  • infiltration,
  • HIT,
  • wisecrack,
  • witty remark,
  • skirmish,
  • accusation,
  • counteroffensive,
  • milk run,
  • military action,
  • rally,
  • air strike,
  • cover,
  • banzai attack,
  • deviation,
  • dash,
  • Storming,
  • reconnaissance mission,
  • commission,
  • venture,
  • fissure,
  • inroad.

Homophones for Sortie:

• sheared, square root, shred, scared, sorted, skyward, shrewd, score out, sierra redwood, shore duty, serrate, showerhead, sort out, sword, shirty, sward, schrod, serrated, sugared, sordid, sash cord, sewer rat, show card, surd, shared out, sciaridae, saucer-eyed, share-out, sawwort, serried, skirt, saccharide, sorority, square-toed, scoured, seaward, sherd, seaworthy, squared-toe, seward, swart, squared, squirt, Sorehead, shared, shroud, shredded, sort, shard, see red, sard, secured, security, swarthy, sisyridae, Swiss Chard, sarda, suharto, sciuridae, seared, sacred, sciarid, soured, shirt, short, sayeret, skirret, shortia, scaridae, sea squirt, swearword, surtout, sourwood, sugar daddy, short-headed, sore-eyed, squash court, swertia, surety, swear out, secrete, seurat, shaggy-haired, susurrate, Serratia, secret, scrod, sherwood, squaw root, scarred, squawroot, seagirt, short-dated, screed, sigurd, square yard.

Hyponym for Sortie:

• n.

  • act
    action, military action, flying, flight.