Meaning Of The Word Crash-land

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crash-land
verb: If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.

crash-land in American English
to bring (an airplane) down in a forced landing, esp. without use of the landing gear, so that some damage results
intransitive verb: to crash-land an aircraft
transitive verb: to land (an aircraft), under circumstances in which a normal landing is impossible, in such a way that damage to the aircraft is unavoidable

crash-land in British English
verb: to land (an aircraft) in an emergency causing damage or (of an aircraft) to land in this way

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