Synonyms for landfall
ˈlændˌfɔlland·fall

Princeton's WordNet

1. landfallnoun

   the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over water)

2. landfallnoun

   the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or flight over water)

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1. • Seashore
   • Sighting

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1. Douglas Thisera:

   People who live near mangroves tell us the trees act as a buffer against the wind and heavy rains, breaking their intensity just before they make landfall.

2. Thom Tillis:

   Those are people nitpicking on smaller subjects that people are going to be looking at in totality, it's no different than when you criticize a governor for saying( a storm) is going to make landfall here, but it was 100 miles up the road. ... As the President, you're trying to give people optimism, because that alone can help improve the situation. But we're learning a lot. We're revising things, and I don't criticize him or our governor for making changes in their estimates and their predictions.

3. Matthew Smith:

   The boat should arrive in Malaysian waters in the next week, assuming it doesn't come under distress or make landfall in Thailand, this is a tremendously dangerous journey.

4. Clare Nullis:

   We do expect it will weaken before it makes landfall. It will probably be more on the lines of Category 1. But even so there will be very high gale force winds in an area that is just not used to seeing this, the winds are a threat but we expect the biggest impact will be from the very, very, very serious rainfall. I've seen some reports that the area might get the equivalent of more than a year's worth of rainfall in a couple of days.

5. Ryan Maue:

   There's a huge difference between a (Category) 3 and 5 when it makes landfall, barbuda is an example of that. It was wiped.