collide

[US]/kəˈlaɪd/
[UK]/kəˈlaɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to come into violent contact; clash
vt. to cause to collide; to cause to come into violent contact

Phrases & Collocations

collide with

Example Sentences

she collided with someone.

a car collided with a stationary vehicle.

The ships collided in the fog.

two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road.

a train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle.

Many people were hurt when the a buse and a truck collided.

He drove so recklessly that he collided with a tree and landed up in hospital.

when two lithospheric plates collide, one tends to ride over the other.

The jade accouterments on her collide with each other, and give out a tinkling sound.

In running round the corner, he collided with another man.

Last night a cargo ship collided with a tanker carrying crude oil.

Joe had a close call when his motorbike nearly collided with a lorry.

The two wall jets collide with each other and turn upward to form an upwash fountain which increases the lift force of the upper plate.

When two such gamma-ray beams collide, the interactions are even cleaner than electron-positron or muon-antimuon collisions.

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