collide

Definition

To impact directly, especially if violent.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved."
• "Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate."
• "No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding."

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