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Meaning of land down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To intercept (a missile) and bring it to ground before it reaches its target.

transitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

land in someone's lap land on land on one's feet land the plane land up land with

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