crash-land

verb

ˈkrash-ˈland 

crash-landed; crash-landing; crash-lands

transitive verb

: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) under emergency conditions usually with damage to the craft

intransitive verb

: to crash-land an airplane or spacecraft

crash landing noun

Examples of crash-land in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Season 1, the mysterious deep-space research vessel USCSS Maginot, which crash-lands on Earth. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 July 2026

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. — 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

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for crash-land

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

crash-land

verb

ˈkrash-ˈland

: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) in an emergency usually with damage to it

crash landing noun