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collide

col·lide [ kə ld ] (past and past participle col·lid·ed, present participle col·lid·ing, 3rd person present singular col·lides)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. crash into something: to hit a person or object moving toward you or a person or object you are moving toward
I collided with her in the corridor.

2. come into conflict with somebody: to come into conflict with somebody else or another group

[Early 17th century. < Latin collidere "shatter," literally "strike together" < laedere "strike"]
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