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suicide burns

suicide burns is the plural of suicide burn.

Meaning of suicide burn

Noun

suicide burn (plural suicide burns)

  1. A method of soft-landing a rocket with a well-timed, high-thrust engine burn starting at the last possible second, such that it reaches a vertical speed of zero at precisely or almost precisely at the exact moment that it touches the landing pad and the engine shuts down.
    Synonyms:
    hoverslam
  2. An instance of such a landing.
    • A suicide burn is a more efficient method of landing than slowly decelerating over the length of a long descent, as a smaller proportion of the engine's thrust is spent fighting against gravity.
  3. A rocket firing during such a landing.

Questions about suicide burns

What is suicide burns the plural of?
Suicide burns is the plural of suicide burn.

Words near suicide burns in the dictionary

  1. suicide bombings
  2. suicide bombs
  3. suicide booth
  4. suicide booths
  5. suicide burn
  6. suicide burns
  7. suicide by cop
  8. suicide cable
  9. suicide cables
  10. suicide club
  11. suicide clubs

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