crash-land
verb
crash-landed; crash-landing; crash-lands
: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) under emergency conditions usually with damage to the craft
: to crash-land an airplane or spacecraft
crash landing
noun
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The official synopsis for Alien: Earth available on IMDb shares:
When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
After she’s captured by Skrulls who try to probe her memories, Vers crash-lands in 1995 Los Angeles.
—Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Hulu 05 of 10 Planet of the Apes (1968)
The original Planet of the Apes movie’s setup is eerily simple: An astronaut and his crew crash-land on a mysterious planet and travel over 2,000 years into the future.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Just this month, the collision of an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter killed 67 people in Washington, DC, and a Delta Airlines flight crash-landed in Toronto.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
After she’s captured by Skrulls who try to probe her memories, Vers crash-lands in 1995 Los Angeles.
—Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Hulu 05 of 10 Planet of the Apes (1968)
The original Planet of the Apes movie’s setup is eerily simple: An astronaut and his crew crash-land on a mysterious planet and travel over 2,000 years into the future.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Just this month, the collision of an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter killed 67 people in Washington, DC, and a Delta Airlines flight crash-landed in Toronto.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash-land. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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