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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Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
This is where Trump and Putin, two very different men with a Ukraine problem, collide with reality.
—Illia Ponomarenko, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
The charter buses collided in a construction zone, according to KBMT.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
The driver sideswiped a 2015 blue Ford coupe driven by an adult man before crossing the median into oncoming traffic and colliding head-on with a 2024 gray Hyundai sedan driven by a solo female driver.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collide. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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