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collide

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col·lide  (k-ld)
intr.v. col·lid·ed, col·lid·ing, col·lides
1. To come together with violent, direct impact.
2. To meet in opposition; conflict: "an unlikely foray by an industrial conglomerate into the terrain where entertainment and merchandising collide" Laura Bird.

[Latin colldere : com-, com- + laedere, to strike.]

collide
Verb
[-liding, -lided]
1. to crash together violently
2. to conflict or disagree [Latin com- together + laedere to strike]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.collide - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
conflict - be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
2.collide - cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"
crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
3.collide - crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
smash - collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
shock - collide violently
crash, ram - undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"

collide
verb 1. crash, clash, meet head-on, come into collision
verb 2. conflict, clash, be incompatible, be at variance
Translations

collide [kəˈlaɪd] vichocar
collide [kəˈlaɪd] vi to collide (with) → entrer en collision (avec)
collide [kəˈlaɪd] vi to collide (with) → zusammenstoßen (mit) (fig) (clash) → eine heftige Auseinandersetzung haben (mit)
collide [kəˈlaɪd] vi to collide (with) → scontrarsi (con)

collide
v collide [kəˈlaid]
to strike together (usually accidentally) with great force The cars collided in the fog; The van collided with a lorry. bots يَتَصادَم، يَصْطَدِم сблъсквам (се) srazit se støde sammen; kollidere kollidieren συγκρούομαι chocar kokku põrkama تصادف کردن törmätä yhteen entrer en collision לְהִתנַגֵש टक्कर sudariti se, kositi se összeütközik bertabrakan rekast á scontrarsi, entrare in collisione 衝突する 충돌하다 susidurti sadurties; saskrieties berlanggar in botsing komen kollidere, støte/tørne sammen (med) zderzać się chocar a intra în coliziune сталкиваться zraziť sa trčiti sudariti se kollidera ปะทะกัน çarpışmak, çarpmak 猛撞 зіткнутися ٹکرانا ، تصادم ہونا va chạm
n collision [kəˈliʒən]
a crash; a violent striking together (of eg two vehicles) Ten people were injured in the collision between the bus and the car. botsing تَصادُم، إصْطِدام сблъскване srážka sammenstød; kollision der Zusammenstoß σύγκρουση choque kokkupõrge تصادف yhteentörmäys collision הִתנַגשוּת टक्कर sudar, sukob, sraz (össze)ütközés tabrakan árekstur scontro, collisione 衝突 충돌 susidūrimas sadursme perlanggaran botsing kollisjon, sammenstøt; påkjørsel zderzenie choque coliziune столкновение zrážka trčenje sudar kollision การปะทะกัน çarpışma, çarpma 碰撞 зіткнення; сутичка ٹکر ، تصادم sự va chạm


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The last of the Horse Guards, a huge pockmarked fellow, frowned angrily on seeing Rostov before him, with whom he would inevitably collide.
"Provided," suggested Thuvan Dihn, "you do not chance to collide with some other night wanderer in the meanwhile.
He stood up abruptly, towering to such height that Daughtry looked to see the crown of his head collide with the deck above.
 
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