Planetside

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    On a planet. not-comparable

    "For Kincaid, that planet represented the chance to finally take part in a planetside assault out of the Marine legends on which he'd been weaned—a chance this mass butchery misnamed a war had offered in all too short supply."

Adverb
  1. 1
    On or to a planet. not-comparable

    "EOS (HNS) - Dead Coming Home The remains of colonists who died in the first attempts to settle Eos are coming home. Remains from Sites 1 and 2 have finally been recovered, giving closure to numerous families aboard the Nexus. There are now calls for an inquiry into why the bodies were left planetside after two failed attempts to establish outposts."

Synonyms

All synonyms
groundside

Example

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"For Kincaid, that planet represented the chance to finally take part in a planetside assault out of the Marine legends on which he'd been weaned—a chance this mass butchery misnamed a war had offered in all too short supply."

Etymology

From planet + -side.

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