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collide

col·lide

UK/kəˈlaɪd/ US/kʌˈlaɪd/ uncommon

verb

1.

crash together with violent impact

  • “The cars collided”
  • “Two meteors clashed”
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2.

be incompatible; be or come into conflict

  • “These colors clash”
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3.

cause to collide

  • “The physicists collided the particles”

Origin

From Latin collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”), from con- (“together”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence col- (“assimilated form of com-”)).

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