Meanings
verbmake landfall (third-person singular simple present makes landfall, present participle making landfall, simple past and past participle made landfall)
present singular third person makes landfall · participle present making landfall · participle past made landfall · past made landfall · alternative make land
- climatology(of a storm) To reach land.
- nautical(of a ship) To arrive on shore, or sight the shore.
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Translations
Czech udeřit
- udeřitof a storm: to reach land
Spanish llegar a tierra, alcanzar tierra
- llegar a tierraof a storm: to reach land
- alcanzar tierraof a storm: to reach land
- aterrarof a storm: to reach land
- recalarof a storm: to reach land
- arribarof a storm: to reach land
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APA
make landfall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20landfall
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“make landfall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20landfall. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make landfall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20landfall.
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