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View synonyms for fly at

fly at

  1. Attack fiercely, assault. For example, The dogs flew at each other's throats. [Late 1500s]



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Nor can they fly at night or in bad weather.

Even then Tomahawks, which fly at subsonic speeds at a low altitude, could be vulnerable to Russian air defenses.

Hypersonic missiles fly at at least five times the speed of sound, in unpredictable paths at a low altitude that make them hard for radar to detect.

Their small structure and ability to fly at low altitude mean they can fly much closer to a target than an aircraft could.

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The flags outside the conference centre fly at half mast.

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