adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an intercontinental flight (= a flight that goes from one continent to another, for example from Europe to Asia )
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Passengers on intercontinental flights can reserve seats with extra legroom.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Intercontinental trade between North and South America has increased.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even modest-sized nuclear explosions can have effects detectable over intercontinental distances.
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Geodesics on a spherical surface are the well known great circle routes which are frequently used by airlines on intercontinental flights.
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Last month Putin decided to retire silo-housed intercontinental ballistic missiles as their service lives expire.
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Similarly it was thought that the physical characteristics of certain plants had provided firm proof of intercontinental contact.
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The deal will eliminate heavy intercontinental missiles and multiple-warhead missiles, the most devastating weapons mankind has ever devised.
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The Western hemisphere would soon be in range of and vulnerable to Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles, carrying megaton warheads.
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The Wyoming was carrying only nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles.