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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In comparison, The Angry Birds Movie 2 crash-landed in 2019 with global earnings of $147.8 million.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Sandberg baffles her by appearing to claim, falsely, that she’d been booked on an Asiana flight that crash-landed, escaping only because of a last-minute switch.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article The Delta flight that crash-landed and flipped over at Toronto’s main airport last month descended fast enough to set off an emergency alert, according to a preliminary report released Thursday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Just last month, another Endeavor Air / Delta Airlines plane hit the news, when it crash-landed, flipped upside down, and caught alight at Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada after flying in from Minnesota.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Sandberg baffles her by appearing to claim, falsely, that she’d been booked on an Asiana flight that crash-landed, escaping only because of a last-minute switch.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article The Delta flight that crash-landed and flipped over at Toronto’s main airport last month descended fast enough to set off an emergency alert, according to a preliminary report released Thursday.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Just last month, another Endeavor Air / Delta Airlines plane hit the news, when it crash-landed, flipped upside down, and caught alight at Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada after flying in from Minnesota.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash-land. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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