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splashdown definition

☆ splash·down (-do̵un′)

noun

a spacecraft's soft landing on the sea, permitting the recovery of rockets, instruments, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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