collided; colliding
1
: to come together with solid or direct impact
The car collided with a tree.
Two helicopters collided.
2
: clash
colliding cultures
Science and religion collided in the court.
Examples of collide in a Sentence
Two football players collided on the field.
the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform
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One person was taken to the hospital after a car and Brightline train collided on Wednesday morning in North Miami Beach, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Harris collided with a Nissan Maxima sedan and hit a light pole.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Later, those perceptions of progress collided with the financial crises associated with the eurozone.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
This would rule out scenarios where an object ejects material that later produces the FRB by colliding with something else.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Harris collided with a Nissan Maxima sedan and hit a light pole.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Later, those perceptions of progress collided with the financial crises associated with the eurozone.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
This would rule out scenarios where an object ejects material that later produces the FRB by colliding with something else.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collide. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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collide
verb
col·lide
kə-ˈlīd 
collided; colliding
1
: to come together with solid impact
the football players collided
2
: clash entry 1 sense 2a
their different outlooks collided
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