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Collision

Collision Meaning & Definition
Collision Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Collision?

[n] a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"
[n] an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"
[n] (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Collision: hit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Collision: accident | antagonism | antipathy | antithesis | appulse | backlash | bad blood | belligerence | blow | brunt | bulldozing | bulling | bump | calamity | cannon | carambole | carom | casualty | cataclysm | catastrophe | clash | clashing | competition | concussion | conflict | confrontation | confutation | contention | contradiction | contradistinction | contraindication | contraposition | contrariety | contrariness | contrast | contretemps | counteraction | counterposition | counterworking | crack-up | crankiness | crash | cross-purposes | crotchetiness | crump | crunch | demolishment | despitefulness | destruction | dilapidation | disaccord | disagreement | disaster | discrepancy | dissension | dissent | encounter | enmity | fractiousness | friction | grief | hammering | hate | hatred | hostility | ill hap | impact | impingement | inconsistency | inimicalness | interference | jar | jolt | kick | malevolence | malice | malignity | mauling | meeting | misadventure | mischance | misfortune | mishap | nasty blow | near-miss | negativeness | nonconformity | noncooperation | obstinacy | onslaught | oppositeness | opposition | opposure | oppugnance | oppugnancy | percussion | perverseness | perversity | pileup | polarity | quarrelsomeness | ramming | reaction | recalcitrance | recoil | refractoriness | renitency | repercussion | repugnance | resistance | revolt | rivalry | ruin | shipwreck | shock | showdown | sideswipe | sledgehammering | smash | smashing | smashup | smash-up | spite | spitefulness | staggering blow | swimming upstream | thrusting | tragedy | uncooperativeness | vying | whomp | wreck

See Also | accident | conflict | contact | difference | difference of opinion | dispute | fender-bender | impinging | pileup | smash | smash-up | striking

Collision In Webster's Dictionary

\Col*li"sion\, n. [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See {Collide}.] 1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing. 2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. The collision of contrary false principles. --Bp. Warburton. Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. --W. Irving. Syn: Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition.

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