CRASH-LANDED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

crash-landed

verb

past tense of crash-land

as in belly-landed

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The plane landed upright in the water and was being towed back to a dock, the FDNY said.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Rafael Devers hit two homers, the latter being a 463-foot shot that landed in the upper deck.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

Definition of landed

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Its blockbuster Art Deco-at-100 show wrapped its run last month and attracted more than 500,000 visitors, while its Iris Van Herpen retrospective recently alighted at the Brooklyn Museum, further elaborating on centuries of Franco-American friendship and cultural exchange.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Four alighted on a paper towel dispenser.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of alighted

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Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage.

— Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

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The suspect, who police only identified as a 36-year-old man, then allegedly traveled a mile north to Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and allegedly lit and threw another Molotov cocktail at the house of worship, according to investigators.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Video footage of the incident shows a group of passengers who were shocked as the driverless car seemingly approaches lit fireworks in the middle of a street as the explosives are about to launch.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2026

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Friends of the couple and other Hollywood A-listers, including Gigi Hadid, Bradley Cooper, Benson Boone, Sombr, Jason Sudeikis, Hugh Grant, and more, touched down in the area.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
The original Mothership touched down at the Municipal Auditorium in October 1976 as part of the P-Funk Earth Tour.

— Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of touched down

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