hard-landing

A form of hard-land — 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

verb
  1. participlepresentpresent participle of hard-land
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APA

hard-landing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-landing

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“hard-landing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-landing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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

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