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col⋅lide
[kuh-lahyd] 
verb, -lid⋅ed, -lid⋅ing.–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
1615–25; < L collīdere to strike together, equiv. to col- col- 1 + -līdere, comb. form of laedere to strike
Synonyms:
1. hit, smash, clash.
1. hit, smash, clash.
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| col·lide (kə-līd') intr.v. col·lid·ed, col·lid·ing, col·lides
[Latin collīdere : com-, com- + laedere, to strike.] |
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Collide
Col*lide"\, v. i. [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.] To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided. Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. --Tyndall. No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. --Carlyle.Collide
Col*lide"\, v. t. To strike or dash against. [Obs.] Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. --Sir T. Browne.
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Language Translation for : collide
Spanish:
chocar,
German:
kollidieren,
Japanese:
衝突する
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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