crash land

verb

To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions, usually resulting in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.

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Meanings

verbcrash land (third-person singular simple present crash lands, present participle crash landing, simple past and past participle crash landed)

present singular third person crash lands · participle present crash landing · participle past crash landed · past crash landed · alternative crashland · alternative crash-land

  1. intransitiveTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions, usually resulting in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.

Origin

Back-formation from crash landing.

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Translations

Bulgarian кацам принудително
  • кацам принудително (kacam prinuditelno)To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Chinese Mandarin 迫降
  • 迫降 (pòjiàng)To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Danish nødlande, forulykke
  • nødlandeTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
  • forulykkeTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Icelandic brotlenda
  • brotlendaTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Irish tuirling de thuairt, tabhair chun talún de thuairt
  • tuirling de thuairtTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
  • tabhair chun talún de thuairtTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Norwegian Bokmål krasjlande
  • krasjlandeTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Polish lądować awaryjnie, wylądować awaryjnie
  • lądować awaryjnieTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
  • wylądować awaryjnieTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Swedish kraschlanda
  • kraschlandaTo land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
Cite this entry
APA

crash land. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crash%20land

MLA

“crash land.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crash%20land. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crash land,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crash%20land.

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