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collision Noun 1. a violent crash between moving objects 2. the conflict of opposed ideas or wishes [Latin collidere to collide]
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collision Translationsto be on a collision course collide (also fig) → auf Kollisionskurs sein to be on a collision course (also fig) → essere in rotta di collisione |
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But I have more influence than any body else over Blanche and I can prevent the collision between them which Sir Patrick dreads. We were not waylaid by robbers, we fed and slept unchallenged at inns, we escaped collision with the police, and we encountered no bodily dangers of any kind; yet should I not call the journey uneventful, nor indeed, I think, would Nicolete. Stent and Ogilvy, anticipating some possibilities of a collision, had telegraphed from Horsell to the barracks as soon as the Martians emerged, for the help of a company of soldiers to protect these strange creatures from violence. |
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