hard landing
Jarring return earthward
A hard landing is a rough or jarring touchdown, whether of an aircraft hitting the runway too forcefully or a spacecraft impacting its destination: The pilot apologized for the hard landing.
In economics, a hard landing describes a sharp downturn following a period of growth—the opposite of a soft landing, where an overheated economy cools gradually without crashing into recession: The Fed is trying to avoid a hard landing.
- crashSudden violent impact
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- runwayPaved path for planes
- bounceSpring back after impact
brace for impact · thud · turbulence · brace · touchdown · jarring · white knuckle · hold on tight · rough · skid · wheels · tarmac · recession · economic · economic slowdown · interest rate · central bank · downturn
- Aviation Slangroger, mayday, pan-pan, squawk, affirmative
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- space operationsrocket launch, docking, spacewalk, EVA, reentry
- business cyclesboom, bust, contraction, expansion, peak
- landingstouchdown, touch and go, controlled descent, splashdown, ditching
- fallsfall, tumble, spill, trip, stumble