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View synonyms for crash-land

crash-land

[krash-land]

verb (used with object)

  1. to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing land is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable.



verb (used without object)

  1. to crash-land an aircraft.

crash-land

verb

  1. to land (an aircraft) in an emergency causing damage or (of an aircraft) to land in this way

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • crash-landing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crash-land1

First recorded in 1940–45; crash 1 + land
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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There’s a more than 1% chance the asteroid will make its way toward Earth and crash-land on the planet in December 2032.

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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.

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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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