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collide

[kuh-lahyd] / kəˈlaɪd /
VERB
slam into
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bang break up bump crash hit shatter sideswipe smash strike
STRONG
beat clash conflict crunch disagree fragment jolt pulverize scrap splinter
WEAK
fender-bend meet head-on pile up plow into wrack up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail fix lose mend tap
STRONG
agree aid harmonize help

Example Sentences

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He staggered back and his flailing arms collided with another lamp, then another, then, unfortunately, another.

From Literature

The condolence video was released after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia airport in New York shortly after landing, killing Forest and another pilot, Mackenzie Gunther.

From BBC

Some waits were still long on Sunday as a busy spring-break season collides with TSA workers waiting for back pay from the shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some waits are still long on Sunday as a busy spring-break season collides with TSA workers waiting for back pay from the shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

Waits were still hours long on Saturday as a busy spring break season collided with TSA workers waiting for backpay from the partial government shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.