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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Within four months of the album’s release, a resounding answer crash-landed in the form of an out-of-nowhere, cycle-breaking single that smashed through Ariana’s own release pattern and her audience’s presuppositions.
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
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Twenty-five years ago today, the series premiere of Roswell crash-landed on the WB, becoming an early 2000s cult hit.
—John Russell, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
In the first, the girls crash-land in a vast wilderness on their way to a soccer tournament.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
See what the show's cast — both human and alien — have been up to since the series premiered 25 years ago
Comments
Twenty-five years ago today, the series premiere of Roswell crash-landed on the WB, becoming an early 2000s cult hit.
—John Russell, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
In the first, the girls crash-land in a vast wilderness on their way to a soccer tournament.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
In Alien: Earth, which hits Hulu in 2025, when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Crash-land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crash-land. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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