also crash land
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If a pilot ~s an aircraft, or if it ~s, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
He arrives in his biplane and crash lands it in a tree...
A light aircraft ~ed on a putting green yesterday.
VERB: V n, V
~ing (~ings)
His plane made a ~ing during a sandstorm yesterday.
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