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crash-land
verb
to land (an aircraft) in an emergency causing damage or (of an aircraft) to land in this way
Other Word Forms
- crash-landing noun
- ˈ-ˌԻ徱Բ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of crash-land1
Example Sentences
Nearly five months on, authorities are still studying what may have caused the plane to crash-land at Muan International Airport and then burst into flames.
I’m here to tell you how lucky I’ve been for half a century, why I wouldn’t change a thing if someone loaded me into a time machine, and why, even though I’m buckled into a seat on the Hindenburg, I still want to order a few more cocktails before we crash-land.
There’s a more than 1% chance the asteroid will make its way toward Earth and crash-land on the planet in December 2032.
Another study showed that a group of frogs called pumpkin toadlets had become so small that the fluid-filled canals in their ears that confer balance no longer functioned properly, causing them to crash-land when jumping.
The aircraft did manage to crash-land along the highway but slammed into a concrete sound barrier and burst into flames, killing both pilots.
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