There are fears that the plane disintegrated in mid-air and that the wreckage may never be found.
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Mid-air
Synonyms for "mid-air"
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Translations
16 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَوّ noun (middle of the air)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 中天 noun (middle of the air)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 中天 noun (middle of the air)
- 半空 noun (middle of the air)
Finnish
2 entries- ilmassa noun (middle of the air)
- lennosta noun (middle of the air)
Italian
1 entries- mezz'aria noun (middle of the air)
Japanese
4 entries- 上空 noun (middle of the air)
- 中天 noun (middle of the air)
- 中空 noun (middle of the air)
- 宙 noun (middle of the air)
Norwegian
1 entries- i lufta noun (middle of the air)
Russian
2 entries- в во́здухе noun (middle of the air)
- на лету́ noun (middle of the air)
Turkish
1 entries- havada noun (middle of the air)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The RAF Vulcan bombers refueled in mid-air over the Ascension Islands on their way to the South Atlantic to confront the Argentine invaders.
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Sami was suspended in mid-air.
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We were at breakfast when the Colonel's butler rushed in with all his propriety shaken out of him. "Have you heard the news, sir?" he gasped. "At the Cunningham's sir!" "Burglary!" cried the Colonel, with his coffee-cup in mid-air. "Murder!"
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