hard-land

verb

To land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it does not survive the landing mostly or entirely intact and is unusable or unable to operate, even briefly, following touchdown.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. intransitivetransitiveaeronauticsTo land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it does not survive the landing mostly or entirely intact and is unusable or unable to operate, even briefly, following touchdown.
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APA

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Chicago

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

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