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-landing
verb
as in landing
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- landing
- belly-landing
- alighting
- roosting
- lighting
- touching down
- perching
- settling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- flying
- rising
- ascending
- arising
- climbing
- taking off
- floating
- soaring
- gliding
- blasting off
- hovering
- hanging
- winging
- planing