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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In the first, the girls crash-land in a vast wilderness on their way to a soccer tournament.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
Plane crash In 2016, a small plane towing a banner crash-landed on a Detroit residential street.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator/writer teamed up with Succession and Veep writer Jon Brown and the pair have crash-landed from the worlds of media, politics and outer space onto a superhero movie set for the satirical series, The Franchise, which has now dropped a teaser trailer.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
Plane crash In 2016, a small plane towing a banner crash-landed on a Detroit residential street.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2024
The Veep and Avenue 5 creator/writer teamed up with Succession and Veep writer Jon Brown and the pair have crash-landed from the worlds of media, politics and outer space onto a superhero movie set for the satirical series, The Franchise, which has now dropped a teaser trailer.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash-land. Accessed 16 Oct. 2024.
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