Definition of "splashdown" []

• The landing of a spacecraft or missile in water. (noun)

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• "(AP) - 1 of the pilots from the US Airways "splashdown" flight in the Hudson River in New York will attend an Experimental Aircraft Association's banquet next month."
• "My mind can even assimilate the concept of a spaceship slingshoting around the moon and returning home to splashdown and glory."
• "This is the final splashdown for students who have spent months designing, building and testing remote-controlled devices that operate underwater."