Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crash_landing

1 sense of crash landing

Sense 1
crash landing -- (an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft))
       => forced landing, emergency landing -- (an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crash_land

1 sense of crash land

Sense 1
crash land -- (make an emergency landing)
       => land, set down -- (reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul")