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    FORCED LANDING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's controlplay

    Synonyms:

    emergency landing; forced landing

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("forced landing" is a kind of...):

    aircraft landing; airplane landing (landing an aircraft)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forced landing"):

    crash landing (an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft))

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