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Definition of crash-land verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

crash-land

verb

[intransitive, transitive] crash-land (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they crash-land

he / she / it crash-lands

past simple crash-landed

-ing form crash-landing

if a plane crash-lands or a pilot crash-lands it, the pilot lands it roughly in an emergency, usually because it is damaged and cannot land normally

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crash landing

noun to make a crash landingSee crash-land in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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