collide

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make a direct impact, especially if violent.

   When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved.

2. verb To come into conflict, or be incompatible.

   China collided with the modern world.

3. verb To meet; to come into contact.
4. verb To cause to collide.

Similar words

clash jar collision crash bump conflict rammed touch encounter shock

Often followed by

with and in at head or to on more

Word family

collided collides colliding