no-fly zone

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An airspace in which aircraft, especially military aircraft, are forbidden to fly.

Equivalents

Españolzona de exclusión aérea

Françaiszone d'exclusion aérienne

DeutschFlugverbotszone gesperrter Luftraum

8 more languages

العربيةمِنْطَقَةُ حَظْرِ الطَّيَرَان

Suomilentokieltoalue

Bahasa Indonesiazona larangan terbang

日本語飛行禁止空域

ქართულიარასაფრენი ზონა

Русскийбесполётная зо́на

Svenskaflygförbudszon

Українськабезпольотна зона

Examples

“Mr. Zelensky said he had asked Mr. Scholz and Mr. Macron to impose ⟳ a no-fly zone over Ukraine.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

no-frills no-ghost theorem no-go no-go pill no-go theorem no-goer

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