co
llide
Third Person
collides
Present Participle
colliding
Past Tense
collided
Past Participle
collided
1
to come into sudden and forceful contact with another object or person
- The two cars collided at the intersection, resulting in a minor accident.
- During the game, players accidentally collided on the field, causing a momentary pause.
- The bicycle collided with a pedestrian on the busy street.
- The spacecraft had a close call when it nearly collided with an asteroid in its path.
- The strong winds caused two trees to lean and eventually collide during the storm.
Synonyms:
2
to cause two or more things to come into forceful contact
transitive
- The storm collided the waves with the shore, causing significant erosion.
- The athlete collided the bat with the ball for a home run.
- The wind collided the branches together, making a loud noise in the forest.
- The engineers collided the gears, making the machine work properly.
3
(of people, their opinions, ideas, etc.) to seriously disagree
- Their ideas about how to handle the project collided, causing a delay in progress.
- The two leaders collided over the terms of the peace agreement.
- The group of friends collided over where to go for their vacation.
- Their views on politics collided, making it hard to have a civil conversation.
- The parents collided on how to discipline their child, causing tension at home.