COLLIDE

collide, clash

(verb) crash together with violent impact; “The cars collided”; “Two meteors clashed”

collide

(verb) cause to collide; “The physicists collided the particles”

clash, jar, collide

(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict; “These colors clash”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

collide (third-person singular simple present collides, present participle colliding, simple past and past participle collided)

(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.

(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.

Synonyms

• clash

Anagrams

• Cedillo, codille, collied

Source: Wiktionary

Col*lide", v. i. Etym: [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.]

Definition: 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.

Col*lide", v. t.

Definition: To strike or dash against. [Obs.] Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition