Definition of
Collide
- (verb, stative) be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- (verb, contact) cause to collide
- (verb, contact) crash together with violent impact
Two meteors clashed
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Alternate forms of Collide
Derivations: collider, collision
Hyponyms: crash, ram, shock, smash
Hypernyms: collide with, conflict, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
Origin of the word Collide
- 1621, from L. collidere "strike together," from com- "together" + l?dere "to strike, injure by striking," of unknown origin. For L. vowel change, see acquisition. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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