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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After the the cars collided in the intersection, both went off the right side of the roadway and ended up in a ditch.
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Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2024
This riveting 1950’s Hollywood saga sees the two women’s stories collide with Salome’s, in unexpected ways.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
As companies rush headlong into the AI gold rush, many are finding that their proof-of-concept demos are colliding hard with the realities of practical implementation.
—Umesh Sachdev, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenager vanishes from her Adirondacks summer camp.
6.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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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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