raid vs sortie

raid

noun
  • An attacking movement. 

  • A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. 

  • An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers. 

  • An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering. 

  • A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy. 

verb
  • To engage in a raid against. 

  • To lure from another; to entice away from. 

  • To indulge oneself by taking from. 

sortie

noun
  • An attacking move. 

  • An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth. 

  • An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft. 

  • An act of venturing out to do a task, etc. 

  • An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally. 

  • An act of trying to enter a new field of activity. 

  • Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”) 

  • A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session. 

verb
  • To carry out a sortie; to sally. 

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