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intercontinental
[ in-ter-kon-tn-en-tl ]
adjective
- between or among continents; involving two or more continents:
intercontinental trade.
- traveling or capable of traveling between continents:
intercontinental airplanes.
intercontinental
/ ˌɪntəˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl /
adjective
- relating to travel, commerce, relations, etc, between continents
Word History and Origins
Origin of intercontinental1
Example Sentences
No doubt the discussions will intensify in the coming days, especially since Trump’s victory comes in the wake of North Korea’s test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, standing alongside senior South Korean officials at the State Department — and speaking hours after North Korea conducted its longest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile test — made a similar prediction Thursday, saying Russia could use North Korean forces in frontline operations in coming days.
And that was before Pyongyang fired a banned intercontinental missile on Thursday, on the longest flight recorded yet – after turning up the rhetoric against Seoul for weeks.
The lawsuit said it occurred at the InterContinental hotel in Century City.
Combs’ lawyers allege that the government, through investigators with the Department of Homeland Security, “engaged in a seven-month campaign ... strategically leaking confidential grand jury material and information, including the 2016 Intercontinental videotape, in order to prejudice the public and potential jurors against Mr. Combs.”
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