crash-land
verb
ˈkrash-ˈland 
crash-landed; crash-landing; crash-lands
transitive verb
: to land (an airplane or spacecraft) under emergency conditions usually with damage to the craft
intransitive verb
: to crash-land an airplane or spacecraft
crash landing noun
Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
crash-landed
verb
as in landed
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- landed
- belly-landed
- alighted
- perched
- roosted
- lit
- touched down
- settled
- alit
- lighted
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- climbed
- ascended
- flew
- rose
- took off
- arose
- floated
- soared
- blasted off
- glided
- hovered
- winged
- hanged
- hung
- planed