Overflight

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The flight of an aircraft over a particular place; used especially to refer to a flight over foreign or enemy territory.

    "Nicaragua has been investigating the possibility that the 1985 outbreak of dengue fever along its Honduran border may have resulted from the release of infected mosquitos by U.S. reconnaissance overflights."

  2. 2
    a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) wordnet

Example

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"Nicaragua has been investigating the possibility that the 1985 outbreak of dengue fever along its Honduran border may have resulted from the release of infected mosquitos by U.S. reconnaissance overflights."

Etymology

From over- + flight.

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