collide

Verb
Synonyms: clashjar

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. be incompatible; be or come into conflict“These colors clash”Synonyms: clashjar
  2. cause to collide“The physicists collided the particles”
  3. crash together with violent impact“The cars collided”“Two meteors clashed”Synonyms: clash
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

Collide \Col*lide"\, v. t. To strike or dash against. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

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