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no-fly zone

no-fly zone noun: an airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly.

Noun

no-fly zone (plural no-fly zones)

  1. An airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly.
    • Mr. Zelensky said he had asked Mr. Scholz and Mr. Macron to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.2022 March 4, David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes, “Washington’s Newest Worry: The Dangers of Cornering Putin”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • This photograph by Timothy Gentry is rare, as there is normally a no-fly zone for drones near the disused power station, but Civil Aviation Authority permission was obtained for this picture.2026 April 1, Andy Comfort, “Going nuclear”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 36
    Synonyms:
    NFZ

no-fly zone meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

no-fly zone in Arabic

an airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly
مِنْطَقَةُ حَظْرِ الطَّيَرَان minṭaqatu ḥaẓri ṭ-ṭayarān

no-fly zone in Indonesian

an airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly
zona larangan terbang

Synonyms of no-fly zone

Forms of no-fly zone

pluralno-fly zones

Questions about no-fly zone

What does no-fly zone mean?
No-fly zone means an airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly.
What is no-fly zone in Arabic?
No-fly zone in Arabic is مِنْطَقَةُ حَظْرِ الطَّيَرَان (minṭaqatu ḥaẓri ṭ-ṭayarān). See No-fly zone meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is no-fly zone?
No-fly zone is a noun.
What is the plural of no-fly zone?
The plural of no-fly zone is no-fly zones.

Words near no-fly zone in the dictionary

  1. no-fault divorces
  2. no-fi
  3. no-fly
  4. no-fly list
  5. no-fly lists
  6. no-fly zone
  7. no-fly zones
  8. no-frills
  9. no-ghost theorem
  10. no-go
  11. no-go pill

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