CRASH-LANDED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

crash-landed

verb

past tense of crash-land

as in belly-landed

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Take a look at this email below that recently landed in an inbox.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Some demonstrators panicked as tear-gas canisters landed in their midst, scattering with screams.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of landed

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BookTok’s preferences may skew toward familiar beats and blunt-force sensation, but in Harpman the hive mind has alighted on something more capacious and slippery.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
According to the latest available rail passenger statistics, a grand total of 76 people have alighted or boarded at Shippea Hill in the previous 12 months.

— Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026

Definition of alighted

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The other major historical attraction is Orongo, a stone village perched on the rim of the Rano Kau volcano, which served as the ceremonial center for religious festivals dedicated to the creator god Makemake.

— Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
He was often criticized for heavy-handed tactics that became as central to his image as mayor as the white sombrero always perched on his head.

— Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of perched

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Soliman lit two Molotov cocktails and threw them at demonstrators supporting Israeli hostages during the Run For Their Lives organization's regular gathering on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall, prosecutors said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
The 3-foot motion activated lighted Rocker Skeleton animatronic pairs with last year’s The Party Skeleton, designed by Lowe’s employee Amanual Coleman of Charlotte.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of lit

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Once the colony grew, the birds roosted in a derelict military barracks nearby, later returning to the pine forest when the facility was renovated.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Two lovers embraced in a curtained room, while a white peacock roosted on a ledge.

— Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025

Definition of roosted

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