crash land

Verb

Meaning

make an emergency landing

Alternative names

crash-land

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Examples

Captain Steven Hiller of the Los Angeles USMC squadron survives by luring his attacker to the enclosed spaces of the Grand Canyon and sacrificing his plane, forcing the alien to crash-land. Source: Internet

A rocket-propelled grenade then hit the helicopter, destroying the right engine and forcing it to crash land. Source: Internet

In the air war over Finland, several Soviet P-40s were shot down or had to crash-land due to other reasons. Source: Internet

Space exploration An object may deliberately be made to crash-land on another celestial body, to do measurements and send them to Earth before being destroyed, or to allow instruments elsewhere to observe the effect. Source: Internet

The plan was canceled after an accident occurred during a test landing when the forward-facing JATO units designed to slow the aircraft fired before the downward-facing units (designed to cushion the landing) did, causing the aircraft to crash-land. Source: Internet

But in these two days, Hurricanes suffered heavier losses, with 68 Hurricanes shot down or forced to crash land due to combat damage. Source: Internet

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