collision
Example Sentences
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After the explosion, at least two aircraft flew too close to each other, requiring a controller to intervene to avoid a collision.
Five carriages derailed after the collision, but no injuries were reported among passengers and staff on the Delhi-bound express.
From BBC
January’s deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and persistent technology outages have taken a toll.
Cosmic impacts vary widely, ranging from the constant fall of fine extraterrestrial dust to massive collisions that occur only once every tens of millions of years.
From Science Daily
The U.S. government accepted fault for a midair collision earlier this year that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., saying it is willing to pay damages to the families in connection with the incident.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
