ditching
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ditching
- /ˈdɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪtʃɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of ditch
noun ditchings
- A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water. Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: trench, chuck, jettisoning, dump, dumping, setdown, swan dive, disembarking, desertion, jettison, discarding, deplanement, dive, discardment, deep six, let-down
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title = {ditching},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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