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landing down

landing down is the present participle and gerund of land down.

Meaning of land down

Verb

land down (third-person singular simple present lands down, present participle landing down, simple past and past participle landed down)

  1. (transitive) To intercept (a missile) and bring it to ground before it reaches its target.
    • According to him [scil. Ilya Tumanov], the airfield’s air defense systems managed to intercept only seven of the missiles, emphasizing that this term refers only to an attempt to land them down, not the interception of the missiles.2024 November 25th, Olena Mukhina, “Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian military airfield in Kursk Oblast with ATACMS missiles for first time”, in Euromaidan Press

Questions about landing down

What is landing down the present participle and gerund of?
Landing down is the present participle and gerund of land down.

Words near landing down in the dictionary

  1. landing
  2. landing craft
  3. landing craft tank
  4. landing craft tanks
  5. landing crafts
  6. landing down
  7. landing field
  8. landing fields
  9. landing gear
  10. landing gears
  11. landing in someone's lap

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