soft land

A form of soft-land — To land (a vehicle or other payload) on the surface of a body in such a manner that it survives the landing mostly or entirely intact and is usable or able to operate, at least briefly, following touchdown.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person soft lands · participle present soft landing · participle past soft landed · past soft landed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of soft-land.
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soft land. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20land

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Chicago

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

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