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collide Definition

col·lide (kə līd′)

intransitive verb -·lid′ed, -·lid′·ing

  1. to come into violent contact; strike violently against each other; crash
  2. to come into conflict; clash

Etymology: L collidere < com-, together + laedere, to strike, injure

collide Synonyms

collide

v.

  1. To come into violent contact

    hit, strike, smash; see crash 4.

  2. To come into conflict

    clash, conflict, disagree; see oppose 1.

collide Usage Examples

Object

  • proton: LHC will collide protons into protons at a center-of-mass energy of about 14 TeV.
  • galaxy: The stars may be flung out from the colliding galaxies to form long arcs.
  • lorry: At 9.46 one of the stolen lorries collided with a car on Beech Avenue, Alfreton.
  • motorcycle: William John Ferguson from Stewart Avenue, Cookstown, was killed after his motorcycle collided with a Volkswagen Golf car around 7.20pm.
  • beam: A collision describes a set of colliding beams & their energies.
  • plane: During the War, three British fighter planes collided over Lea.

Preposition: with

  • iceberg: They have collided with icebergs or other ships, or run aground on unlit coastlines.
  • lorry: He was driving a car which had collided with a lorry.
  • nucleus: These neutrons are then able to collide with other nuclei, causing them in turn to split, releasing further neutrons.
  • pier: Further problems were encountered in 1986 when the ' Kings Abbey ' collided with the pier, temporarily sectioning the structure near the head.
  • pedestrian: Back to top Investigation 9.8 On 13 August 1994 Mr F was riding his motorcycle and collided with a pedestrian, the opponent.
  • earth: Both Long and Short Period comets can collide with the Earth.

Preposition: at

  • speed: He drowned after a speedboat collided at high speed with the dinghy he was sailing in.

Modifying Another Word

  • head-on: When stars collide head-on, they probably just merge together and make one bigger star.
  • nearly: He is watching the people above nearly colliding into the closing gates.
  • almost: Whilst in our boat we almost collided with another vessel which loomed up in front of us.
  • eventually: Then: From this we see that the beetles must eventually collide at t = 4 which gives us our answer.
  • frequently: If you heat a substance, the particles move faster and so collide more frequently.
  • finally: Luckily, when we did finally collide with another vehicle, no one was hurt.

Preposition: in

  • mid-air: On Sunday July 10 2005, two aircraft of the X-Team collided in mid-air at the Saskatchewan Airshow.