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midair

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mid·air  (mdâr)
n.
1. A point or region in the air.
2. Informal A collision involving two or more aircraft while fully airborne.
midair [ˌmɪdˈɛə]
n
a.  some point above ground level, in the air
b.  (as modifier) a midair collision of aircraft
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Noun1.midairmidair - some point in the air; above ground level; "the planes collided in midair"
point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"


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There had been other times, too, when Tublat had swung helplessly in midair, the noose tightening about his neck, death staring him in the face, and little Tarzan dancing upon a near-by limb, taunting him and making unseemly grimaces.
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Once the chords began to buckle, there were thousands of tons of ironwork, all riveted together and lying in midair without support.
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The right hook of Rivera had dropped him in midair with the abruptness of death.
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