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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, warfare |
| Synonyms: | battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, set-to, strife, striving, struggle, tug-of-war, war |
| Antonyms: | agreement, calm, concord, peace, stability |
| Main Entry: | contact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching |
| Synonyms: | approximation, closeness, collision, connection, contiguity, contingence, hit, impingement, junction, juxtaposition, nearness, propinquity, proximity, relation, strike, taction, touch, union |
| Antonyms: | avoidance |
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fell stroke, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, hard luck, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, setback, slip, stroke, the worst, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout, woe |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight, argument |
| Synonyms: | action, battle, bout, brush, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contention, contest, dispute, engagement, flap, fray, hassle, quarrel, rumpus, run-in, scrap, set-to, skirmish, velitation, violence |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strike, bump |
| Synonyms: | bang, bat, bell-ringer, belt, blow, bonk, box*, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clip, clout, collision, cuff, fisticuff, glance, impact, knock, lick*, one-two punch, paste, pat, plunk, punch, rap, roundhouse, shock, shot, slap, slog, smack, smash, sock, spank, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, tap, uppercut, wallop, whammy, whop, zap, zinger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shocking hit |
| Synonyms: | bump, clash, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jolt, jounce, rock, smash, succussion, thud, thump |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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