no-fly zone

[noh-flahy]

noun

1. an area over which no military flights are allowed.

no-fly zone

noun

1. an area in which aeroplanes may not fly, esp during wartime

2. a taboo subject

Word History and Origins

Origin of no-fly zone¹

First recorded in 1991

Example Sentences

There will be a no-fly zone around the ground, and some local schools say they are closing early.

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There will be a no-fly zone around the ground.

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At Mourmelon, a vast military site, "we could very well have a father who buys a Chinese drone that doesn't include the 'no-fly zone' in its system, who doesn't read the instructions and goes to the nearby forest for the weekend and ends up in the middle of a prohibited zone", said Thierry Berthier, scientific director of the European professional federation for security drones, Drones4Sec.

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There are heat waves, and then there is the particular kind of summer delirium that turns your kitchen into a no-fly zone.

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A no-fly zone has been put in place over the Sandringham Estate after drone sightings were reported during the visit of Ukraine's president last month.

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