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battleskies

battleskies noun: the portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place.

Noun

battleskies pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place.
    • Because military planes are worth more than their weight in gold when they're badly needed — and such is usually the case in the battleskies of the world today — Uncle Sam has developed the world's best masters of improvisation in his globe-covering Army Air Forces Air Service Command, the outfit...1944, The Curtiss Flyleaf, volumes 27-28, page 3
    • War Production Board poster
      Production is your Protection - Back Up Our Battleskies!

Origin of battleskies

From battle + skies.

Questions about battleskies

What does battleskies mean?
Battleskies means the portions of airspace in which a military conflict is taking place.
What part of speech is battleskies?
Battleskies is a noun.

Words near battleskies in the dictionary

  1. battleship-grey
  2. battleship-shaped curve
  3. battleship-shaped curves
  4. battleshippy
  5. battleships
  6. battleskies
  7. battlesome
  8. battlespace
  9. battlespaces
  10. battlest
  11. battlestation

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