collide
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to crash together with a violent impact
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to conflict in attitude, opinion, or desire; clash; disagree
Etymology
Origin of collide
1615–25; < Latin collīdere to strike together, equivalent to col- col- 1 + -līdere, combining form of laedere to strike
Example Sentences
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Our hands collided, both scrabbling for it in our panic to get it hidden, and it fell into the bubbling water of the fountain and vanished.
From Literature
These waves are produced when extremely dense objects like black holes collide.
From Science Daily
It is, Vigloo promises, "a story that pushes Korean romance to its extreme - power, love, family and revenge collide, and one man moves an entire nation to protect the woman he loves".
From BBC
When that happens, smaller moons can be pushed into more stretched out orbits, increasing the chances that they collide with neighboring moons.
From Science Daily
But the new material does apparently indicate how Clinton's world collided with Epstein's in the early 2000s, when Clinton was redefining himself as an ex-president on a philanthropic mission.
From BBC
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