crash-land
Example Sentences
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There’s a more than 1% chance the asteroid will make its way toward Earth and crash-land on the planet in December 2032.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
Another study showed that a group of frogs called pumpkin toadlets had become so small that the fluid-filled canals in their ears that confer balance no longer functioned properly, causing them to crash-land when jumping.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
Both characters are humanoids from faraway planets who crash-land on Earth.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023
The heavy-lift Il-76 cargo plane went down in the Ryazan region after having an engine problem that forced the crew of 10 to crash-land.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022
They’re made out of some kind of astronaut plastic that could crash-land on Venus and not break.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
