Synonyms for Clash
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1. clash

   Collision, the act or fact of striking violently together, is the result of motion or action, and is sudden and momentary; contact may be a condition of rest, and be continuous and permanent; collision is sudden and violent contact. Concussion is often by transmitted force rather than by direct impact; two railway-trains come into collision; an explosion of dynamite shatters neighboring windows by concussion. Impact is the blow given by the striking body; as, the impact of the cannon-shot upon the target. An encounter is always violent, and generally hostile. Meeting is neutral, and may be of the dearest friends or of the bitterest foes; of objects, of persons, or of opinions; of two or of a multitude. Shock is the result of collision. In the figurative use, we speak of clashing of views, collision of persons. Opposition is used chiefly of persons, more rarely of opinions or interests; conflict is used indifferently of all.

   Synonyms:
   clashing, collision, concussion, conflict, contact, encounter, impact, meeting, opposition, shock

   Antonyms:
   agreement, amity, coincidence, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, harmony, unison, unity

   Preposition:
   Collision of one object with another; of or between opposing objects.

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1. clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crashnoun

   a loud resonant repeating noise

   "he could hear the clang of distant bells"

   Synonyms:
   clangour, smash, encounter, collapse, clank, skirmish, wreck, brush, clangoring, crash, clangor, friction, clash, clang

2. clash, frictionnoun

   a state of conflict between persons

   Synonyms:
   clangour, encounter, rubbing, detrition, clank, skirmish, brush, clangoring, crash, clangor, friction, clash, clang

3. clashnoun

   a state of conflict between colors

   "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"

   Synonyms:
   clangour, encounter, clank, skirmish, brush, clangoring, crash, clangor, friction, clang

4. brush, clash, encounter, skirmishverb

   a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms:
   brushing, face-off, clangor, brush, coming upon, clang, clash, brushwood, encounter, skirmish, clank, confrontation, clangour, copse, meeting, thicket, showdown, friction, crash, coppice, clangoring, light touch

5. collide, clashverb

   crash together with violent impact

   "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

   Synonyms:
   collide, clash, jar

6. clash, jar, collideverb

   be incompatible; be or come into conflict

   "These colors clash"

   Synonyms:
   jolt, bump around, collide, shake up, clash, jar

7. clashverb

   disagree violently

   "We clashed over the new farm policies"

   Synonyms:
   collide, jar

Matched Categories

1. • Conflict
   • Disagree
   • Hit
   • Noise

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1. clashverb

   Synonyms:
   collide, come into collision, strike against each other

2. clashverb

   Synonyms:
   clank, clang

3. clashverb

   Synonyms:
   disagree, contend, interfere, be mutually opposed, act in a contrary direction

4. clashnoun

   Synonyms:
   collision

5. clashnoun

   Synonyms:
   clang, clank, clangor, clashing

6. clashnoun

   Synonyms:
   opposition, contradiction

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1. clashnoun

   Synonyms:
   collision, crash, opposition, interference, contrariety, clangor, clang

2. clashverb

   Synonyms:
   collide, hurtle, crash together, contend, disagree, clatter, clang

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1. List of paraphrases for "clash":

   shock, confrontation, clashes, conflict, collision, gunbattle, saddam, crash, battle, engagement

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1. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

   We're not seeking a clash. We will do everything to avoid it.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   This is not, and we should not let it become, a clash of civilizations.

3. Prime Minister Alex Tsipras:

   We have made the decision to clash with a regime of political and economic power that plunged our country into the crisis and is responsible of Greece’s depreciation on an international level.

4. Roy Gutterman:

   I can see this popping up more and more, it would be reasonable to see similar suits popping up with the events in Charlottesville. Left-wing protesters clash with conservatives over the scheduled appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos. ( The Associated Press) Last August, a rally in opposition to the removal of a statute of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the campus of the University of Virginia turned violent as white supremacists and neo-Nazis clashed with counterprotestors. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when James Alex Fields Jr. drove a 2010 Dodge Challenger into a crowd on a pedestrian mall. Roy Gutterman predicted the success of any future lawsuit depends on the motives of the plaintiffs, and how the court rules.

5. Andrew Carr:

   For a diplomat, the death penalty cases are always the hardest ones because they involve a supreme act of sovereignty the foreign state believing it has the right to take the life of someone that's committed a crime but also a supreme loss of sovereignty that a country isn't able to protect its citizens overseas, you get the greatest clash of moral values in that some states believe this is right and proper to be applied and other states believe it's quite abhorrent.