to force-land
1
8.8
To make an aircraft land unexpectedly because of engine failure or bad weather
- phrasal verb
- /fɔrs-lænd/
- Specialized
:
aterrizar de emergencia
- The pilot had to force-land the aircraft in a field due to engine failure.
Examples
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As the month wore on, B-29s bombed Osaka and Kobe, and a small U.S. force landed on the Zamboanga Peninsula, the westernmost part of Mindanao, the Philippines.
Fiction book (1990) -
During the storm, the plane force-landed on the highway without serious injuries.
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When the weather turned bad, the pilot was forced to force-land on a remote island.
Synonyms
to crash land
vsto force-land
12
4.6
To put a plane or helicopter down quickly in an emergency, often causing damage
is an emergency landing caused by failure or bad weather rather than by impact
4
5.8
To land a plane in an emergency
is an unexpected emergency landing caused by technical failure or bad weather
How Urgent
to crash land
12
4.6
12
4.6
to force-land
1
8.8
- Specialized
1
8.8
Surface Forms
force-land infinitive
force-landed past
force-landed past participle
force-landing present participle
force-lands third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Force-land is a simple compound of force ('make or push') and land ('come down to the ground'). So, to force-land an aircraft is to make it land quickly and unexpectedly, often in an emergency because of a problem.