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/kəlˈɪʒən/ Listen

noun

Collision n.

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

A state of opposition; antagonism; interference. "The collision of contrary false principles." "Sensitive to the most trifling collisions."

Synonyms: Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Collision" Quotes from Famous Books

... Jock, "she'll have a head-on collision with herself some day. Is that the dying shriek of ...

— Joyce of the North Woods • Harriet T. Comstock

... Twyman's store, crossing the North Anna at Carpenter's ford and encamping on the road leading along the south fork of the North Anna to Trevillian Station. During the evening and night of the Loth the boldness of the enemy's scouting parties, with which we had been coming into collision more or less every day, perceptibly increased, thus indicating the presence of a large force, and evidencing that his shorter line of march had enabled him to bring to my front a strong body of cavalry, although it started from Lee's army nearly two days later than I did from Grant's. ...

— The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. I., Part 3 • P. H. Sheridan

... explains the tenacity with which the fragments of the old confederacy still cling together. If either of the five tribes had seceded from the confederacy it would have severed the bond of kin, although this would have been felt but slightly. But had they fallen into collision it would have turned the gens of the Wolf against their gentile kindred, Bear against Bear; in a word, brother against brother. The history of the Iroquois demonstrates the reality as well as persistency of the bond kin, and the fidelity with which ...

— Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines • Lewis H. Morgan

... were moving side by side, hardly fifty yards apart. To come closer at this rate of speed these small scouting planes maintaining would have caused a mutual air suction that might cause a collision. This is the real cause of many of the accidents that befall inexperienced aviators, when out flying, perhaps ...

— Our Pilots in the Air • Captain William B. Perry

... civil war. The imminent danger of a collision between the Committee and the United States authorities which might have arrayed against them the whole military and naval force at that station was surmounted by the exercise of consummate prudence. The most ...

— A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 • Stephen Palfrey Webb

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