clash
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verb (used without object)
1.
to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
2.
to come together or collide, especially noisily: The cymbals clashed.
3.
to conflict; disagree: Their stories of the accident clashed completely.
4.
(of juxtaposed colors) to be offensive to the eye.
5.
to engage in a physical conflict or contest, as in a game or a battle (often followed by with ): The Yankees clash with the White Sox for the final game of the season.
verb (used with object)
6.
to strike with a resounding or violent collision: He clashed his fist against the heavy door.
7.
to produce (sound) by or as by collision: The tower bell clashed its mournful note.
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noun
8.
a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision: The automobiles collided with a terrible clash.
9.
a collision, especially a noisy one.
10.
a conflict; opposition, especially of views or interests: a clash between nations.
11.
a battle, fight, or skirmish: The clash between the border patrols left three men dead.
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clash (klæʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or cause to make a loud harsh sound, esp by striking together |
| 2. | (intr) to be incompatible; conflict |
| 3. | (intr) to engage together in conflict or contest |
| 4. | (intr) (of dates or events) to coincide |
| 5. | (intr) (of colours) to look ugly or inharmonious together |
| —n | |
| 6. | a loud harsh noise |
| 7. | a collision or conflict |
| 8. | (Scot) gossip; tattle |
| [C16: of imitative origin] | |
| 'clasher | |
| —n | |
| 'clashingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
clash
c.1500, of imitative origin; the figurative sense is first attested 1622. Of colors, "to go badly together," first recorded 1894.
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Example sentences
The disk hits the boards and sticks clash in a frenzied fight to control it.
It showed a desperate fight so real as to utterly obscure the underlying clash of conflicting ideals.
According to the conventional wisdom, there was a culture clash.
So, in that case, the clash between is intimately related to the clash within.
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