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crash-landed

  • past participle
    of crash-land.
    crash-land
    verb (used with object)
    to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable.
  • past tense form
    of crash-land.
    crash-land
    verb (used with object)
    to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable.

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The organic molecules are not definitive evidence of past life, the NASA-led team emphasised, because they could also have formed on the red planet or crash-landed on meteorites.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

Then he purposely crash-landed into Ketron Island on Puget Sound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

The US Coast Guard said the helicopter crash-landed about 100 yards off Kalalau beach.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Superman” crash-landed on a planet divided, closing out an era defined by crime, economic strife and the Vietnam War.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025

It was going to take a 253,665-mile flight before it crash-landed onto the moon.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd