crash-land

verb

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

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Disney spent $100 million to produce and another $100 million on marketing efforts for the kid friendly adventure about a chaotic alien who crash-lands in Hawaii and gets adapted by a young girl and her older sister. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 May 2025 Sydney Chandler, daughter of Kyle Chandler, stars as a young woman who must respond when a spacecraft carrying the deadliest being in the galaxy crash-lands on terra firma. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 19 May 2025 In the new series, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a group of tactical soldiers discover a mysterious vessel that crash-lands on Earth. Maira Garcia, Boston Herald, 18 May 2025 At a time when Lilo wants nothing more than a best friend, a fugitive alien named Stitch (voiced again by original Disney actor Chris Sanders) escapes his handlers and crash-lands on Earth. Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crash-land

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of crash-land was in 1941

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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash-land. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

crash-land

verb
ˈkrash-ˈland
: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) in an emergency usually with damage to it
crash landing noun

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