[syn: collide, clash]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Collide \Col*lide"\, v. i. [L. collidere, collisum; col- +
laedere to strike. See Lesion.]
To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision;
to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.
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Across this space the attraction urges them. They
collide, they recoil, they oscillate. --Tyndall.
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No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and
colliding. --Carlyle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Collide \Col*lide"\, v. t.
To strike or dash against. [Obs.]
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Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from
the bodies collided. --Sir T.
Browne.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
collide
v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors
clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide]
2: cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"
3: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two
meteors clashed" [syn: collide, clash]