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overflights

overflights is the plural of overflight.

Meaning of overflight

Noun

overflight (plural overflights)

  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.1987 May 9, Bod Lederer, “US Denies AIDS Bio War with Contradictions”, in Gay Community News, page 8

Questions about overflights

What is overflights the plural of?
Overflights is the plural of overflight.

Words near overflights in the dictionary

  1. overflexion
  2. overflier
  3. overfliers
  4. overflies
  5. overflight
  6. overflights
  7. overfloat
  8. overfloated
  9. overfloating
  10. overfloats
  11. overflog

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