Definition

Verb: * To land an aircraft in an emergency, typically without using the normal landing gear or on an unprepared surface, resulting in a violent impact and likely damage to the aircraft.

Usage

The verb "crash land" describes the specific, uncontrolled action of bringing an aircraft down in an emergency situation. It implies a forced landing that is not smooth or standard. * The pilot had to crash land the plane in a field after both engines failed. * The damaged spacecraft crash landed on the moon's surface.

Examples

• The vintage fighter plane began to smoke, forcing the pilot to crash land it in a nearby lake.
• After the bird strike, the crew prepared to crash land the jetliner on the highway.
• News reports confirmed the helicopter had crash landed in the mountains, but all passengers survived.

Advanced Usage

• Noun Form (Crash Landing): The event or instance of crash landing.
  • The crash landing was terrifying, but everyone escaped the wreckage.
• Adjectival Form (Crash-landed): Used to describe the state of the aircraft after the event.
  • Rescuers approached the crash-landed aircraft cautiously.

Variants and Related Words

• Crash Landing (n): The act or instance of crash landing.
• Forced Landing (n): A broader term for any emergency landing, which may or may not be a crash landing.
• Ditch (v): Specifically to make a controlled emergency landing on water.

Synonyms

• Ditch (when referring to water)
• Make a forced landing

Antonyms

• Land smoothly
• Make a normal landing
• Touch down

Verb

1. make an emergency landing