Planetfall

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet.

    "“Listen up, grunts. We'll be making planetfall in T-minus three minutes. You'll be joining the war against the Scourge, an alien race of soulless, ruthless automatons.”"

Example

More examples

"“Listen up, grunts. We'll be making planetfall in T-minus three minutes. You'll be joining the war against the Scourge, an alien race of soulless, ruthless automatons.”"

Etymology

From planet + fall, by analogy with landfall.

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