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overwatch
[ oh-ver-woch ]
/ ˌoʊ vərˈwɒtʃ /
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verb (used with object)
to watch over.
Archaic. to weary by keeping awake.
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OTHER WORDS FROM overwatch
o·ver·watch·er, nounWords nearby overwatch
over-under, overuse, overvalue, overview, overvoltage, overwatch, overwear, overweary, overween, overweening, overweigh
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How to use overwatch in a sentence
Ogden drones have also been used to pinpoint hot spots after wildland fires, locate missing persons, and fly “overwatch” for SWAT team raids.
Inside the rise of police department real-time crime centers|Rowan Moore Gerety|April 19, 2021|MIT Technology ReviewU.S. tanks parked at the edge of its main street, providing ironclad overwatch.
Like legendary sentinels of a vanished past, they seem to overwatch the valley.
Mexico|Charles Reginald Enock
British Dictionary definitions for overwatch
overwatch
/ (ˌəʊvəˈwɒtʃ) /
verb (tr)
to watch over
archaic to fatigue with long watching or lack of sleep
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