crash land
To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or…To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions, usually resulting in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.
» The pilot was forced to make a crash landing.
Meaning
1 sensesTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions, usually resulting in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.
- make an emergency landing
Examples
6 sentencesThe pilot was forced to make a crash landing.
One of the gliders crashed on landing.
Their plane crash-landed in a dense jungle.
The good news is we'll be landing immediately. The bad news is we're crash-landing.
They crash-landed in Algeria.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Back-formation from crash landing.Back-formation from crash landing.
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Forms
crash lands, crash landing, crash landed, crash landed| Base form | crash land · to crash land |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | crash lands |
| Present participle | crash landing |
| Past simple | crash landed |
| Past participle | crash landed |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle