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(science fiction) 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.”
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Planetfall means (science fiction) The arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of a planet..
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“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.”
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