0 past participle, past simple of crash-land
1 to land an aircraft suddenly because of an emergency, sometimes resulting in serious damage or injuries:
In those dreadful minutes before we crash-landed, she behaved with immense courage.
It is clear that attacks from troop carriers crash-landed, would the most effective if they were in a fairly isolated district where they could not be immediately reached.
After a simulated engine failure at takeoff the left wing contacted the ground and the aircraft crash-landed after the nose and main landing gear collapsed.
According to witnesses, the plane appeared to be on fire before it crash-landed.
The pilot was able to cross the bay and crash-landed the helicopter on the southern bank of the bay.
One was written off due to battle damage and the other crash-landed on a beach.
The military role involves the rescuing of aircrew who have ejected or parachuted from, or crash-landed their aircraft.
The morning of the strikes, she rescued a pilot from aircraft carrier whose burning plane had crash-landed nearby.
