Definitions of international waters
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the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nationsynonyms: high seaantonyms:territorial watersthe waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdictiontype of:body of water, waterthe part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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