crash-land
verb (used with object)
had crash-landed
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past perfectof crash-land.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Upon arriving at his warehouse in the quaint Polish village of Komorniki, Adam Burucki discovered that a massive chunk of charred rocket debris had crash-landed on his property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
With mortar fire, he also provided vital cover for an American pilot who had crash-landed his plane on the airfield after strafing the enemy and who was eventually pulled to safety by other soldiers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2020
Navy discovered a Japanese fighter plane that had crash-landed on Akutan, one of the Aleutian Islands, a discovery that would eventually help the Navy devise new ways of combating the Japanese in the Pacific theater.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2017
Were they really unaware that an enormous American helicopter had crash-landed in their neighborhood?
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
Army Dakota plane had been caught in an Alpine downdraft, had crash-landed on the Wetterhorn, in a yawning ice bowl just ten miles from Switzerland's famous peak, the 13,670-foot Jungfrau.
From Time Magazine Archive
