"crash land" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: crash lands [present, singular, third-person], crash landing [participle, present], crash landed [participle, past], crash landed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation of crash landing. Etymology templates: {{backform|en|crash landing}} Back-formation of crash landing Head templates: {{en-verb}} crash land (third-person singular simple present crash lands, present participle crash landing, simple past and past participle crash landed)
  1. To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions; usually results in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life. Related terms: auger in, lithobraking Translations (To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency): кацам принудително (kacam prinuditelno) (Bulgarian), 迫降 (pòjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), nødlande (Danish), forulykke (Danish), brotlenda [feminine] (Icelandic), tuirling de thuairt (Irish), tabhair chun talún de thuairt (Irish), krasjlande (Norwegian Bokmål), krasjlanda (Norwegian Nynorsk), kraschlanda (Swedish)

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