Planetfall
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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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