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planetfall en · NOUN

Etymology

From planet + fall, by analogy with landfall.

Meanings

  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.” 2024 August 12, Joe Saunders, “The Battle of Zab 9” (1:00 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 5, episode 9, spoken by Screaming Grunt (Nick Reczynski):