Synonyms for international waters
in·ter·na·tional wa·ters

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1. high sea, international watersnoun

   the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

   Synonyms:
   high sea

   Antonyms:
   territorial waters

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1. Joseph Guastella:

   The aircraft was over the Strait of Hormuz, and fell into international waters.

2. Defense James Mattis:

   It's international waters, and a lot of nations want to see freedom of navigation.

3. Sue Raftree:

   Discoveries at sea are relatively rare due to their very location. A number of aircraft are known to have been lost in the North Sea during the course of the Second World War but we need positive evidence before we can confirm, we would class this aircraft as a war grave. It is protected under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 which covers crashed military aircraft in both UK territorial and international waters.

4. Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon:

   We used to be known as the silent service during the Cold War, (we) never let anybody know where we were operating, in today’s submarine force, we operate extensively with the rest of the United States services and with our allies. So the adversary knows we can operate in international waters anywhere on the world.

5. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   (Netanyahu) himself killed, his army killed children in the playground. They killed our citizens and an American citizen in international waters. This is terrorism, nobody can argue about Israeli aggression in Jerusalem in the al-Aqsa mosque.