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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, force |
| Synonyms: | appulse, bang, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bump, clash, concussion, contact, crash, crunch, crush, encounter, hit, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, knock, meeting, percussion, pound, punch, quake, quiver, ram, rap, rock, shake, shock, slap, smash, smashup, strike, stroke, thump, tremble, tremor, wallop |
| Main Entry: | impact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with force |
| Synonyms: | bang into, clash, collide, crack up, crash, crush, jolt, kick, register, smash, smash up, strike, wrack up |
| Main Entry: | aftermath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation following an event, occurrence |
| Synonyms: | after-effects, causatum, chain reaction, consequences, end, eventuality, flak, impact, issue, outcome, payoff, remainder, residual, residuum, results, upshot, waves |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard hit |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, blindside, bop, buffet, bump, clip, clout, clump, collision, concussion, crack, cut, ding, impact, jab, jar, jolt, kick, knock, knockout, knuckle sandwich, lick, percussion, poke, pound, punch, rap, shock, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, thrust, thump, thwack, uppercut, wallop, whack, whomp, zap |
| Main Entry: | brunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad end of a situation |
| Synonyms: | burden, force, full force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, stress, tension, thrust, violence |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement or fight, often brief |
| Synonyms: | affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | collision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, demolishment, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender, head-on, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup, rap, ruin, shock, sideswipe, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck |
| Main Entry: | concussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, shaking |
| Synonyms: | blast, blow, buffeting, bump, clash, clout, crack, crash, hit, impact, injury, jar, jarring, jolt, jolting, jounce, pounding, punch, shock, trauma |
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, accidental hitting |
| Synonyms: | accident, bump, collapse, concussion, crack-up, crunch, debacle, ditch, fender bender, fender tag, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, pileup, ram, rear-ender, shock, sideswipe, smash, smashup, splashdown, stack-up, thud, thump, total*, washout, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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