crash-land
Example Sentences
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It sustained enough damage, officials said, that Air Force pilots remotely operating the Reaper were forced to crash-land the craft southwest of Crimea, the peninsula that Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014 and has used more recently to launch attacks on Ukrainian cities and base a fleet of warships.
From Washington Post
Molsberry, who has been with the department eight years, said he’d never seen a drone crash-land in a reserve before this spring.
From Los Angeles Times
The lander could crash-land or topple over, and the samples could escape from their canister along the way.
From Scientific American
In the 1930s, an Englishman, Maurice Wilson — a traumatized veteran of the Great War — decided he would fly to Mount Everest, crash-land on the slopes and climb to the summit alone.
From New York Times
The elder Shawn was accidentally shot down by French ground troops and was forced to crash-land in a field.
From Washington Post
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