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,
  • pitched battle,
  • struggle,
  • skirmish.
  •
  • chase,
  • stand,
  • try,
  • effort,
  • attempt,
  • push,
  • go,
  • trial run.
  •
  • bayonet,
  • bomb out,
  • carve up,
  • counterattack,
  • carpet bomb,
  • detonate,
  • bombard,
  • blitz,
  • bomb.
  •
  • circuit,
  • cruise,
  • excursion,
  • expedition,
  • day trip,
  • exploration,
  • drive,
  • commute,
  • crossing.
  •act (noun)
  • sortie.
  •attack (noun)
  • offense,
  • assault,
  • tirade,
  • thrust,
  • spasm,
  • strike,
  • bloodshed,
  • bombardment,
  • war,
  • barrage,
  • onslaught,
  • violence,
  • combat,
  • siege,
  • aggression,
  • riot,
  • charge,
  • warfare,
  • furor,
  • frenzy,
  • storm,
  • invasion,
  • attack,
  • fight,
  • fury.
  •battle (noun)
  • brush,
  • crusade,
  • hostility,
  • fray,
  • significant contact,
  • engagement,
  • carnage,
  • havoc,
  • blitzkreig,
  • ravage,
  • scrimmage,
  • encounter,
  • strife,
  • Wars,
  • fighting,
  • press,
  • onset,
  • clash,
  • bombing,
  • contention.
  •charge (noun)
  • blitzkrieg,
  • mugging.
  •dash (noun)
  • bolt,
  • zip,
  • sprint,
  • spurt,
  • dart,
  • run.
  •foray (noun)
  • inroad,
  • irruption,
  • depredation,
  • reconnaissance,
  • descent.
  •outbreak (noun)
  • convulsion,
  • blowup,
  • burst,
  • fit,
  • rending,
  • roar,
  • gushing,
  • disruption,
  • tumult,
  • volley,
  • detonation,
  • insurrection,
  • flare-up,
  • dawn,
  • thunder,
  • discharge,
  • flash,
  • plague,
  • breaking,
  • brawl,
  • effervescence,
  • rebellion,
  • revolution,
  • commencement,
  • break,
  • eruption,
  • explosion,
  • gush,
  • outburst,
  • epidemic,
  • Sundering,
  • crash,
  • surge,
  • crack,
  • disorder,
  • bursting,
  • beginning,
  • paroxysm,
  • commotion.
  •raid (noun)
  • arrest,
  • break-in,
  • pull,
  • roundup,
  • sweep,
  • capture,
  • bust.
  •revenge (noun)
  • rancor,
  • repayment,
  • avenging,
  • vengeance,
  • malevolence,
  • animus,
  • counterblow,
  • ill will,
  • counter blow,
  • requital,
  • counterinsurgency,
  • ruthlessness,
  • vengefulness,
  • retribution,
  • Implacability,
  • measure for measure,
  • vindictiveness,
  • return,
  • avengment,
  • tit for tat,
  • getting even,
  • reprisal,
  • counterplay,
  • spitefulness,
  • satisfaction,
  • eye for an eye.
  •sally (noun)
  • escapade,
  • trip,
  • journey,
  • outing,
  • frolic,
  • jaunt.
  •sortie (noun)
  • rush.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • action,
  • assignment,
  • battle,
  • birr,
  • dash,
  • flight,
  • flying,
  • foray,
  • haste,
  • hit-and-run,
  • incursion,
  • military action,
  • mission,
  • movement,
  • mutiny,
  • outbreak,
  • outpouring,
  • raid,
  • revenge,
  • sally,
  • surprise attack,
  • uprising,
  • Ebullition,
  • flare up,
  • ebullitions,
  • muggings,
  • forced entrance,
  • gushings,
  • rendings,
  • shootup,
  • surprise attacks,
  • tipover.
  •v.
  • conflict.

Paraphrases for Sortie:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dive.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    outing, out-migration, off-ramp.

Sortie Sentence Examples:

• It was his intention to assault the king's army in its entrenchments in combination with a determined sortie to be made by the besieged garrison.

• The lone lady herself made a sortie against him once; but one glance at the amiable smile, " which was child - like and bland," disarmed her, and it was reported that she subsequently sent him out half - a - pint of beer.

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.