collide

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb be incompatible; be or come into conflict
  2. verb cause to collide
  3. verb crash together with violent impact

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

clash, jar

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