CRASH-LAND Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

crash-land

verb

Definition of crash-land

as in to belly-land

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Recent Examples of crash-land The film, a live-action adaptation of the Mattel franchise from director Travis Knight, follows Prince Adam of Eternia, who crash-lands on Earth as a child and is separated from his Sword of Power. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 2 June 2026 The first film follows an adorable blue extraterrestrial creature who crash-lands in Hawaii and gets adopted by a young girl and her older sister. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Published by Amazon Original Stories for its Kindle platform last year, the story told of a group of mercenaries that crash-land on a remote snow summit. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, Okarun and Jiji — ejected from the Buddha robot — crash-land in a nearby rice field. — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crash-land

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Jeju Air's Boeing 737-800 burst into flames after it belly-landed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two people on board.

— Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
In the worst air disaster in South Korean history, 179 people were killed when a Boeing 737-800 belly-landed and skidded off the runway at Muan International Airport.

— David Hodari, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025

Definition of belly-land

Verb

Hrgović landed one, two, three hard right hands late in the round.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Song landed a powerful right uppercut in the second round, securing a significant victory that bolsters his bantamweight title contention, despite a recent loss to Sean O'Malley.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of land

Verb

The book always came to mind when taking a walk out in the forest and seeing the hypnotic curl of a fern or a bird alighting on a branch inches away from me.

— Harry Bennett, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Over the past few months, Ukraine has put Russia on the back foot with strikes that have hit Russia’s oil refining capacity, caused long lines at fuel stations and set commercial logistics centers alight.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of alight

Verb

The 78 soldiers, assigned to the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade, touched down at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, according to a news release Friday from the Arkansas National Guard.

— Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2026
Soar over the landscape by helicopter, touching down in some of the country’s most secluded locations, with not another soul in sight.

— Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of touch down

Verb

Their range spans northern Mexico to southern Canada, but northern Arizona is a hotspot — the bats have taken to roosting on the walls of the Grand Canyon.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
If Walter is in dire financial and legal straits, the NBA might feel urgency to part ways with him before his own chickens potentially come home to roost.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of roost

Verb

During the first hour, pine grove owners urged fire commanders to light a backfire a few hundred yards from Le Porge.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Down the hall, his girlfriend examines her birth chart, lights the palo santo and wonders whether Mercury is going to wreck her Tuesday.

— Ryan Zickgraf, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of light

Verb

Video captured by security cameras perched on the mountainside show the horrifying moment when the wall of mud descended on the Gyirong Port facility, swallowing the six-story building whole as dozens of people run for their lives.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026
Start your day with a lakeside walk, then visit Meersburg Castle, the town’s medieval fortress, before heading to the New Castle (Neues Schloss), a Baroque palace perched above the lake, for panoramic views.

— Sofia Markovich, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026

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