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crash-landing

  • present 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.
  • a word derived from 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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Glimpsed in “Alien: Earth’s” first episode, the Maginot had to be fully fitted out for Episode 5’s flashback to the onboard horror that preceded the crash-landing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

There were 76 passengers and four crew on the flight, which had travelled from the US city of Minneapolis before making its crash-landing in Canada.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025

"Hocus Pocus 2" is crash-landing on Disney+ on September 30 and it already has an advantage over the original which came out in theaters during the — blech — summer of 1993.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2022

Alan Tudyk plays Harry, masquerading as a small-town doctor — and a human — after crash-landing on Earth.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2021

“But you’ve been shot down on almost every one. You’re either ditching or crash-landing every time you go up.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller