crash-land

verb

Definition of crash-landnext
as in to belly-land

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Recent Examples of crash-land There are also boulder-size chunks of moon rocks and meteorites that crash-landed on Earth that children can touch and smell. — John Arlidge, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026 Another biggie movie, the 1980s Cold War action movie follows a U.S. pilot who crash-lands in the USSR, only to be nurtured back by a local woodsman, who is a fan of the U.S. From the trailer, the Skydance Media pic looks to be akin to Spies Like Us with a dose of Top Gun. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026 An alien known only as Experiment 626 (Chris Sanders) flees his home planet and crash-lands in Hawaii, where he is adopted by a grieving young girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase), who takes him for a dog and dubs him Stitch. — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2026 Published by Amazon Original Stories for its Kindle platform last year, the story told of a group of mercenaries that crash-land on a remote snow summit. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crash-land
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crash-land
  1. belly-land
  2. land
  3. alight
  4. touch down
  5. roost
  6. light
  7. perch
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
Definition of belly-land
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  • Your unconventional ideas land better when people can experience them instead of only hearing about them.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • That lowers the chance of landing on a fake claim page built to steal your information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of land
Verb
  • From the poetic paintings, sculptures, photographs, and videos in Rashid Johnson’s Guggenheim survey to Larry Bell’s colorful new glass cubes alighting in Madison Square Park, recent presentations gave us hope for the future.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
  • Immediately after alighting from its fanciful detour, Woods makes the odd decision to leave Emily’s perspective and lock into Sylvia’s.
    — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of alight
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  • Tianwen-1 is a Mars orbiter, lander and rover mission that successfully touched down on the red planet on May 15, 2021, releasing its Zhurong rover.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Japan extended the lead to 24-10 straight after when, after 16 phases, player of the match Ben Gunter busted through four Italians to touch down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of touch down
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  • To search for evidence of fire use, the researchers analyzed rodent bones littering the cave, deposited over thousands of years by roosting owls.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • The bill of the Iran conflict also now seems to be coming back to roost in Washington.
    — Lim Hui Jie,Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 25 June 2026
Definition of roost
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  • Passionate Mars lights your 11th House of Friends and Community, forming a harmonious trine to transformative Pluto in your 7th House of Partnership.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
  • Digital footage obtained by The Times showed large aerial fireworks lighted at close range, while another video showed fireworks being thrown by an unknown individual into the crowd.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of light
Verb
  • Marie, perched between Lake Superior and Lake Huron and adjacent to its Canadian twin city of the same name.
    — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • Luna began the day hopping around, perching on the various trees near the nest.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Definition of perch

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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crash-land. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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