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col⋅lide

  [kuh-lahyd] verb, -lid⋅ed, -lid⋅ing.
Use collide in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
2. to clash; conflict: Their views on the matter collided.
–verb (used with object)
3. to cause to collide: drivers colliding their cars in a demolition derby.
Origin:
1615–25; < L collīdere to strike together, equiv. to col- col- 1 + -līdere, comb. form of laedere to strike

Synonyms:
1. hit, smash, clash.
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col·lide   (kə-līd')   
intr.v.   col·lid·ed, col·lid·ing, col·lides

  1. To come together with violent, direct impact.

  2. To meet in opposition; conflict: "an unlikely foray by an industrial conglomerate into the terrain where entertainment and merchandising collide" (Laura Bird).


[Latin collīdere : com-, com- + laedere, to strike.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

collide 
1621, from L. collidere "strike together," from com- "together" + lædere "to strike, injure by striking," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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