crash-land

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-land
Verb
  • Jeju Air's Boeing 737-800 burst into flames after it belly-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two people on board.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In the worst air disaster in South Korean history, 179 people were killed when a Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • That’s why an unpolished moment on a stage as big as the Emmys lands harder than expected.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Indonesia has submitted films since 1987 but has yet to land a nomination in the category, previously known as best foreign language film.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Super Beetle, called the 1301, alighted in 1971 with a 60 hp, 1,585 cc engine.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Say each word was a bird—alighting briefly, out of reach and then gone again.
    Leila Chatti September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the plane touched down, a motorcade stood ready to escort Kirk's casket to Hansen Mortuary Chapel near Seventh Street and Northern Avenue.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • According to Navajo Nation police, the tornado was reported to have touched down, affecting at least three homes.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If the permit is granted, the gulls' eggs can only be exterminated during roosting season between mid-May and mid-June.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • By comparison, Shari Redstone was never able to execute any strategic sale of Paramount assets before the media chickens came to roost.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ben Hania lights a connective fuse between documentary and drama, using the actual recordings of the panicked girl and the emergency workers — the latter played by actors who hold the screen with pulsing immediacy.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Everyone's got something that lights them up.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Liguria, the region of northwest Italy perched on the Portofino coast, offers countless picturesque villages and coves to explore.
    Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Another, also built from white disks on a bending wire, evokes a mechanized Japanese cherry tree, its circles—perched high on a narrow stem—not revolving so much as brushing quickly past one another.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-land. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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