TOUCHED DOWN Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

touched down

verb

past tense of touch down

as in perched

to come to rest after descending from the air the plane will touch down in about 30 minutes

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Recent Examples of touched down Russell Crowe touched down at the Venice Film Festival on Friday with his concert documentary What Love Builds, about his life as a musician and band Indoor Garden Party, which premieres Out of Competition on Friday. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 FlightRadar24 data indicates the Amazon plane first touched down nearly 5,000 feet into the airport's 9,360-foot Runway 30, leaving it with less than half the remaining runway to stop. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026 The Amazon plane was well down the runway when its right and nose landing gear first touched down, reducing how much distance the plane had on the runway ahead of it to stop. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 The nose landing gear and right main landing gear touched down first, with a ground speed of 158 knots. — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Thirty seconds before the recording ended, as the plane was going more than 180 mph, two of the landing gears – the back right and nose wheels – touched down on the runway, Chihoon Shin, the NTSB investigator in charge, said Tuesday. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 The nose landing gear and the landing gear on the right side of the plane touched down, but not left side, Shin said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 Then there was the tornado that recently touched down in the Rockaways and Atlantic Beach. — Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026 The couple and their two young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, touched down at Birmingham Airport on Wednesday, August 26. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2026

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Movingstyle Portable Smart Monitor This smart monitor can be moved around and comes perched on a stand with wheels for easy portability around the office!

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
Asin is the man responsible for the Triumph motorcycle perched near the ceiling.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026

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Idzik helped Canales prepare for offensive coordinator interviews when both were in Seattle, then accompanied him to Tampa when Canales landed the OC job with the Buccaneers in 2023.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The blast landed just beyond the right-field wall — a 366-foot solo shot.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026