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. Christian Bripschgi:

   College is a place where ideas collide, and the administration should be there to foster an environment where that can take place.

2. 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.

3. Ian Madin:

   As the two plates collide.

4. Amos Yadlin:

   I don't think there is any reason for the sides to collide, as we are not fighting the same enemy. I assume that we will be very careful, and so will they.

5. 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.