collide

Meaning

1. To impact directly, especially if violent.
2. To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
3. To meet; to come into contact.

Concepts

collide

clash

crash

hit

bump

bump into

strike

run into

smash

fight

conflict

impact

meet

knock

knock together

touch

battle

ram

crash against

dash

dispute

encounter

be coincident with

coincide

come together accidentally

jar

impinge

run over

meet unexpectedly

stumble

fall foul of

quarrel with

smash into

argue

attack

batter

bump against

catch

contend

bang

slam

cannon

disagree

oppose

compete

duel

struggle

come into collision

contravene

hurtle

interfere

collision

impaction collide

impinging

gore

hammer

abut

assemble

jam

impinge on

shock

shoot

snag

wrap

set about

move along

brush against

stir up

run against

knock over

pull over

run in

fall

trip

knock against

knock into

engage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlaɪd/

Etymology

From Latin collidere (“to strike or clash together”), from com- (“together”) + laedere (“to strike, dash against, hurt”); see lesion.