crash-land

[ krash-land ]
/ ˈkræʃˈlænd /
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verb (used with object)

to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable.

verb (used without object)

to crash-land an aircraft.

Origin of crash-land

First recorded in 1940–45; crash1 + land

OTHER WORDS FROM crash-land

crash-land·ing, noun

Words nearby crash-land

crash the gate, crash truck, crash, computer, crash-dive, crash-hot, crash-land, crash-test, crashaw, crashing, crashproof, crashworthiness

Words related to crash-land

smash, plunge, hurtle, collapse, tumble, ditch, dive, drop, collide, bump, slip, meet, topple, overturn, sprawl, upset, lurch, pancake, pitch, overbalance

British Dictionary definitions for crash-land

crash-land

verb

to land (an aircraft) in an emergency causing damage or (of an aircraft) to land in this way

Derived forms of crash-land

crash-landing, noun