collide

Verb

Meaning

To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

To strike or dash against.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

clash ram slam hit meet impact strike crash encounter knock smash bump jar impinge run into
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Antonyms

miss dodge caress avoid match fit
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Hypernyms

hit conflict strike run into collide with impinge on

Hyponyms

ram shock crash smash

Related terms

collision collusive

Phrases with the word

worlds collide when worlds collide

Anagrams

codille collied Cedillo

Examples

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. Sigmund Freud

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Devils may be nothing but beings intent on their purpose, which now happens to collide with yours. Fritz Leiber

Clearly when the liberties are left unrestricted they collide with one another. John Rawls

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination. Henri Poincaré

Everybody fears the unknown. But I have a strong feeling there's something bigger than us. I don't think all this exists because some rocks happened to collide. I'm at peace. When it comes, I'll be fine, calm. I'll miss life, though. Especially my family. Roger Ailes

Close letter words and terms

colliculogeniculate colliculoretinal colliculus collide with collider collidine