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English verb: collide | |||
| 1. | collide (stative) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | ||
| Samples | These colors clash. | ||
| Synonyms | clash, jar | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conflict | ||
| 2. | collide (contact) cause to collide | ||
| Samples | The physicists collided the particles. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crash | ||
| 3. | collide (contact) crash together with violent impact | ||
| Samples | The cars collided. Two meteors clashed. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't collide | ||
| Synonyms | clash | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crash, ram, shock, smash | ||
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