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.
  •
  • push.
  •
  • blitz,
  • counterattack.
  •
  • drive,
  • expedition.
  •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)
  • bombing,
  • onset,
  • engagement,
  • fray,
  • clash,
  • encounter.
  •charge (noun)
  • blitzkrieg,
  • mugging.
  •foray (noun)
  • reconnaissance,
  • inroad,
  • irruption.
  •mission (noun)
  • commission.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • digression,
  • air strike,
  • combat mission,
  • extrovert,
  • jaunt,
  • counteroffensive,
  • breakthrough,
  • cover,
  • care,
  • strafing,
  • HIT,
  • diversionary attack,
  • megadeath,
  • air support,
  • dry run,
  • bust,
  • demonstrative,
  • aggravated assault,
  • forthcoming,
  • Storming,
  • Assailing,
  • infiltration,
  • gregarious,
  • affray,
  • diversion,
  • Assailment,
  • run against,
  • darting,
  • reconnaissance mission,
  • escapade,
  • coup de main,
  • shock tactics,
  • witty remark,
  • shuttle raid,
  • extravert,
  • burden,
  • accusation,
  • chink,
  • overkill,
  • ramble,
  • Estrapade,
  • outing,
  • venture,
  • crack,
  • run at,
  • banzai attack,
  • rush,
  • spin,
  • friendly,
  • fracture,
  • crevice,
  • offensive,
  • advance,
  • night raid,
  • Lightning Attack,
  • outgoing,
  • extroverted,
  • onrush,
  • expansive,
  • air cover,
  • sallying forth,
  • Camisade,
  • deviation,
  • air raid,
  • extraverted,
  • upcoming,
  • airstrike,
  • wisecrack,
  • scoot,
  • umbrella,
  • fissure,
  • descent on,
  • scramble,
  • rally,
  • milk run,
  • quip.

Paraphrases for Sortie:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dive.

• Other Related

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

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.