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force-land

force-land (past and past participle force-land·ed, present participle force-land·ing, 3rd person present singular force-lands)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
make forced landing: to land an aircraft before it gets to its destination because of an emergency, or land in these circumstances
The pilot had to force-land in a field.

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