crash-land
verb
crash-landed; crash-landing; crash-lands
: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) under emergency conditions usually with damage to the craft
: to crash-land an airplane or spacecraft
crash landing
noun
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Good ol’ Jace died pathetically by arrow after locking up his mom and crash-landing his dragon during the Battle of the Gullet, thwip thwip.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
Someone says more than 16 planes have crash-landed in the past few years.
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Janine Di Giovanni,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
And last year, after a plane crash-landed June 16 on the roof of a Johnson County airport hangar, authorities said the pilot had lost control and suspected a mechanical failure.
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Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
Ray Santilli, a music producer, claims that in 1993 he was shown real footage of an alien autopsy filmed by a US military veteran at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 (when an alien aircraft is supposed to have crash-landed there).
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 June 2026
Someone says more than 16 planes have crash-landed in the past few years.
—
Janine Di Giovanni,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
And last year, after a plane crash-landed June 16 on the roof of a Johnson County airport hangar, authorities said the pilot had lost control and suspected a mechanical failure.
—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
Ray Santilli, a music producer, claims that in 1993 he was shown real footage of an alien autopsy filmed by a US military veteran at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 (when an alien aircraft is supposed to have crash-landed there).
—
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
18 June 2026
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