CRASH LANDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crash landing mean? 

• CRASH LANDING (noun)
  The noun CRASH LANDING has 1 sense:

1. an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)

  Familiarity information: CRASH LANDING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRASH LANDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crash landing" is a kind of...):

emergency landing; forced landing (an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control)

Domain category:

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)