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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collide \Col*lide"\, v. t. To strike or dash against. [Obs.] Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. --Sir T. Browne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Collide \Col*lide"\, v. i. [L. collidere, collisum col- + laedere to strike. See {Lesion}.] To strike or dash against each other to come into collision; to clash; as the vessels collided; their interests collided. Across this space the attraction urges them They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. --Tyndall. No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. --Carlyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: collide v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" [syn: {clash}, {jar}] 2: cause to collide 3: crash together with violent impact: "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" [syn: {clash}]
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