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crash land

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See also: crashland and crash-land

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Etymology

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Back-formation from crash landing.

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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.

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