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touchdown

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Noun

  1. A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
  2. A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
  3. A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
  4. The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
  5. The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

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