air supremacy

collocation in English

meaningsofairandsupremacy

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air
noun
uk
/eər/us
/er/
the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that ...
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supremacy
noun[U]
uk
/suːˈprem.ə.si/us
/suːˈprem.ə.si/
the leading or ...
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(Definition ofairandsupremacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, under the present conditions, we holdairsupremacy.
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I think we all realise that this war is primarily dominated byairsupremacy.
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To win a war, one must have air superiority andairsupremacy.
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Just one other word—not at very great length—on civil aviation which is the real place ofairsupremacy.
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Instead of competing with each other, they could position thatairsupremacyto be better deployed to deal with crime.
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The campaign is proceeding as planned andairsupremacyhas now been achieved.
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There is first the achievement ofairsupremacy.
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Will he give a definition of whatairsupremacymeans?
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We have had a number of definitions in the press, some of them contradictory, as betweenairsupremacyand air superiority.
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That underlines the absolutely essential element ofairsupremacyin modern warfare.
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Even though we may haveairsupremacy, the point is that we have lost the initiative in the war.
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We now have absoluteairsupremacy, and we have cut off supplies of food and fuel.
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Furthermore, it is unaffected by weather or surface sea states and hostileairsupremacy.
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We are told that we have completeairsupremacy.
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However, we should never forget our total dependence on our naval andairsupremacy.
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If we are to think of the world in terms of a possible battlefield, the one thing that we must have isairsupremacy.
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We should try to get out of our minds the idea of air power, ofairsupremacy.
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I takeairsupremacyto mean freedom of the skies for our aircraft and the complete eradication of the enemy air effort.
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Having once grasped the fact thatairsupremacyis of importance, we have to ask ourselves how are we to keep it.
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