overfly

o·ver·fly (

r-fl

)

tr.v. o·ver·flew (-fl

), o·ver·flown (-fl

), o·ver·fly·ing, o·ver·flies

1. To fly over (a particular area or territory) in an aircraft or spacecraft.

2. To fly beyond or past; overshoot: The plane overflew the runway and crashed.

overfly [ˌəʊvəˈflaɪ]

vb -flies, -flying, -flew, -flown

(Engineering / Aeronautics) (tr) to fly over (a territory) or past (a point)

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Verb

overfly - fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus"

pass over

air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

Translations

overfly [ˌəʊvəˈflaɪ] (overflew (pt)) [ˌəʊvəˈfluː] (overflown (pp)) [ˌəʊvəˈfləʊn] VT → sobrevolar

overfly [ˌəʊvə^rˈflaɪ] [overflew] (pt) [overflown] (pp) vt → survoler

overfly [ˌəʊvəˈflaɪ] (overflew (pt)) [ˌəʊvəˈflʊː] (overflown (pp)) [ˌəʊvəˈfləʊn] vt → sorvolare

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All UN reports on the implementation of the resolution insist that the militias, especially Hezbollah, have not disarmed and continue to get weapons from abroad, and that the Israeli air force continues to overfly the country in violation of the resolution.

Israeli flights over Lebanon break resolution: UN by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Arab states have also so far rebuffed Obama's call to make concessions -- such as allowing Israeli civilian aircraft to overfly their territory -- to improve the atmosphere for peacemaking.

Israeli PM meets US Mideast envoy ahead of Clinton talks by AFP / AFP American Edition

But they should also underline the number of times Israeli warplanes overfly Lebanese land and the "gravity" of the incidents involving Israeli listening devices that were recently discovered in the south by the Lebanese army.

Lebanon-rockets-south by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)

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