collide

Definition of collide in English English dictionary: To impact directly, especially if violent
When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.; To come into conflict, or be incompatible
Tibet collided with the modern world.; to meet and strike violently; {f} crash, bang into each other, meet head on; If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them. Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning Racing up the stairs, he almost collided with Daisy He collided with a pine tree near the North Gate; If the aims, opinions, or interests of one person or group collide with those of another person or group, they are very different from each other and are therefore opposed. The aims of the negotiators in New York again seem likely to collide with the aims of the warriors in the field What happens when the two interests collide will make a fascinating spectacle. = clash; be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"; {v} to dash or strike together; cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles; To strike or dash against; crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"; cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"; To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided; crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles
collide with: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
collide with: {f} crash against, hit against (e.g., "She collided with the tree")
To collide: bash
collided: past of collide
collides: third-person singular of collide
colliding: present participle of collide