splash

splash
   to crash into the sea
   Of aircraft, and also used transitively, meaning to force down into the sea:
    So, if Bronco... does have to splash the inbound druggie, nobody'll know about it. (Clancy, 1989 — Bronco was a fighter pilot)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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