Synonyms for collide
kəˈlaɪdcol·lide

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1. collideverb

   Synonyms:
   clash

2. collideverb

   To impact directly, especially if violent

   When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.

   Synonyms:
   clash

3. collideverb

   To come into conflict, or be incompatible

   Tibet collided with the modern world.

   Synonyms:
   clash

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. clash, jar, collideverb

   be incompatible; be or come into conflict

   "These colors clash"

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

2. collideverb

   cause to collide

   "The physicists collided the particles"

   Synonyms:
   clash, jar

3. collide, clashverb

   crash together with violent impact

   "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"

   Synonyms:
   clash, jar

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collideverb

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "collide":

   collision, crash, collided

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1. Don McIntyre:

   If you turn your vehicle around and intentionally collide with a police vehicle, you are going to be charged with attempted murder on police.

2. Amir Siraj:

   Presumably, it was produced by another star, got kicked out of that star's planetary system and just so happened to make its way to our solar system and collide with Earth.

3. Samuel Butler:

   Truth is generally kindness, but where the two diverge and collide, kindness should override truth.

4. Joe Biden:

   Some states of( the) alliance have intimidated themselves, saying that they can't answer. That they can not collide with Russian missiles and planes in the Ukrainian sky. Because this, they say, will lead to escalation, will lead to the third world war. ... And what will they say if Russia goes further to Europe, attacking other countries ? I am sure the same thing they say to Ukraine, article 5 of the NATO treaty has never been as weak as it is now. This is just our opinion.

5. Sean Marshall:

   Should this asteroid come closer than the geostationary satellites, it would be a rare occurrence -- that only happens about once per decade for large asteroids, what we know for sure is that it will not collide with Earth this month, so do not panic.