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crash land

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
crash -land
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions, usually resulting in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Back-formation from crash landing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

crash lands (present, singular) crash landing (participle, present) crash landed (participle, past) crash landed (past) crashland (alternative) crash-land (alternative)

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does crash land mean?
To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions, usually resulting in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.
Where does crash land come from?
Back-formation from crash landing.

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