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To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous conditions; usually results in damage to the craft and the possibility of loss of life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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make an emergency landing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: land, set down
Narrower terms: ditch
Back-formation from crash landing.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
кацам принудително
(kacam prinuditelno)
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Chinese Mandarin:
迫降
(pòjiàng)
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Danish:
nødlande
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Danish:
forulykke
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Icelandic:
brotlenda
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Irish:
tuirling de thuairt
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Irish:
tabhair chun talún de thuairt
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Norwegian Bokmål:
krasjlande
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
krasjlanda
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Polish:
lądować awaryjnie
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Polish:
wylądować awaryjnie
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency
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Swedish:
kraschlanda
— To land an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency