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lands down

lands down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is lands down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lands down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of land down.

Words near lands down in the dictionary

  1. landrush
  2. landrushes
  3. Landry
  4. lands
  5. lands before time
  6. lands down
  7. lands in someone's lap
  8. lands of plenty
  9. lands on
  10. lands on one's feet
  11. lands preserved

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