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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
Derived Forms
- ˈ-ˌԻ徱Բ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- -ԻiԲ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crash-land1
Example Sentences
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.
Rather than bail out over Germany and risk being captured as a prisoner of war — especially given that he was Jewish — Mr. Spiegel managed to crash-land in Soviet-occupied Poland.
Both characters are humanoids from faraway planets who crash-land on Earth.
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