📖 Definitions of "Colliding"
verb
- 1
To impact directly, especially if violent.
"When a body collides with another, then momentum is conserved."
- 2
To come into conflict, or be incompatible.
"China collided with the modern world."
noun
- 1
A collision.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Colliding"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| clashnoun | Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc. |
| jarnoun | (originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. |
| rammingnoun | A collision where something is rammed. |
| hittingnoun | A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object. |
| shocknoun | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| clashingnoun | A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision. |
| impactnoun | (figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect. |
| car crashnoun | (figuratively) A mess or disaster, especially one that attracts a lot of attention. |
| hurtlenoun | (countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush. |
| wipeoutnoun | (surfing) The act of falling off one's surfboard. |
| impingingnoun | An impingement. |
| crushnoun | A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. |
| allisionnoun | (nautical) The striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof. |
| smasheroonoun | A blockbuster; a movie, play, song, or other form of commercial entertainment that is a smash hit. |
| crashingverb | The sound or action of something that crashes. |
| smashupnoun | An instance or the result of smashing; that which has been smashed into pieces. |
| bumpnoun | A light blow or jolting collision. |
| concussionnoun | (uncountable in Commonwealth, countable in Canada, US) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function. |
| wrecknoun | Something or someone that has been ruined. |
| crashernoun | One who attends an event without an invitation. |
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