CRASH-LANDING Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

crash-landing

verb

present participle of crash-land

as in belly-landing

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And the pilots, Burnstein says, are landing at maybe 20% to 50% effectiveness.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Born in Nigeria to a neurosurgeon father and pharmacist mother, Adamolekun spent his early childhood on the move, including stops in Zimbabwe as well as the Netherlands before landing in central Illinois at age 9.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Definition of landing

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From the poetic paintings, sculptures, photographs, and videos in Rashid Johnson’s Guggenheim survey to Larry Bell’s colorful new glass cubes alighting in Madison Square Park, recent presentations gave us hope for the future.

— Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
Immediately after alighting from its fanciful detour, Woods makes the odd decision to leave Emily’s perspective and lock into Sylvia’s.

— Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026

Definition of alighting

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After lighting the fire, Arrabaca also pulled out an airsoft rifle — a device commonly used in sports and recreation resembling a gun, but fires less lethal projectiles rather than bullets — and fired five to seven pellets, officials said.

— Brynn Gingras, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Howell considers lighting one of the most important and underutilized layers.

— Oset Babür-Winter, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026

Definition of lighting

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To search for evidence of fire use, the researchers analyzed rodent bones littering the cave, deposited over thousands of years by roosting owls.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Eucalyptus, Monterey pine, and Monterey cypress trees are common homes for roosting monarchs, as those tree species provide adequate shelter from weather and predators.

— Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025

Definition of roosting

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