landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl 
1
: a sighting of land after a voyage or flight
2
: a reaching of land (as by a traveler, craft, or storm)
3
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
Examples of landfall in a Sentence
From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
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But thanks to its size and location – spread out over 1,700 miles across the Pacific – Hawaii was once again spared a direct landfall.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Kiko—a Category 4 hurricane at the time of writing—has the potential to make a rare landfall in Hawaii, according to AccuWeather.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In the days after landfall, the outpouring of grassroots support kept growing, far beyond the word-count limits of a newspaper.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Although Katrina had weakened slightly, its hurricane-force winds extended almost 120 miles from the system's center at the time of landfall.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Kiko—a Category 4 hurricane at the time of writing—has the potential to make a rare landfall in Hawaii, according to AccuWeather.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In the days after landfall, the outpouring of grassroots support kept growing, far beyond the word-count limits of a newspaper.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Although Katrina had weakened slightly, its hurricane-force winds extended almost 120 miles from the system's center at the time of landfall.
—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Landfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfall. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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landfall
noun
land·fall
ˈlan(d)-ˌfȯl
1
: a sighting or making of land after a voyage or flight
2
: the land first sighted on a voyage or flight
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