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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The ship carrying Ripley and her crew at the end of Aliens crash-lands on the prison planet Fiorina 161, with Ripley as the sole survivor.
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Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
After Earth was a CGI bonanza of asteroid showers and crash-landing spaceships; the plot was flat and, unusually for Shyamalan, devoid of surprise.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
In a post-apocalyptic 2090, some 60 years after humanity fled the Earth due to an epidemic, two astronauts crash-land in the Himalayan mountains while on a reconnaissance mission.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 July 2024
The digital world also allowed his imagination free reign to dream up an immersive film where an amethyst meteorite crash-lands on Place Vendôme and turns the Parisian landmark into a field of glittering flowers.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 July 2024
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Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
After Earth was a CGI bonanza of asteroid showers and crash-landing spaceships; the plot was flat and, unusually for Shyamalan, devoid of surprise.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
In a post-apocalyptic 2090, some 60 years after humanity fled the Earth due to an epidemic, two astronauts crash-land in the Himalayan mountains while on a reconnaissance mission.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 July 2024
The digital world also allowed his imagination free reign to dream up an immersive film where an amethyst meteorite crash-lands on Place Vendôme and turns the Parisian landmark into a field of glittering flowers.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 12 July 2024
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash-land. Accessed 23 Aug. 2024.
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