• Collide

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /kəˈlɑɪd/

    Origin

    From Latin collidere ("to strike or clash together"), from com- ("together") + laedere ("to strike, dash against, hurt"); see lesion.

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    Verb

    1. To impact directly, especially if violentWhen a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.
      • TyndallAcross this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate.
      • CarlyleNo longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding.
      • 2012, June 2, Phil McNulty, England 1-0 Belgium, And this friendly was not without its injury worries, with defender Gary Cahill substituted early on after a nasty, needless push by Dries Mertens that caused him to collide with goalkeeper Joe Hart, an incident that left the Chelsea defender requiring a precautionary X-ray at Wembley.
    2. To come into conflict, or be incompatibleTibet collided with the modern world.

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