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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Kean collided with Verona players Pawel Dawidowicz and Diego Coppola during the second half of the Serie A fixture and initially returned to the pitch after having his head bandaged.
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The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
For example, two years ago, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, a small spacecraft which successfully collided into an asteroid about 530 feet to successfully change its orbit.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Then came social media, which collided with his study of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
—Delano Massey, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
But neither of the two recent crashes — in which a plane rolled over upon landing in Toronto and the American Airlines flight that collided with a US Army helicopter — involved Boeing aircraft.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
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The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
For example, two years ago, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, a small spacecraft which successfully collided into an asteroid about 530 feet to successfully change its orbit.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Then came social media, which collided with his study of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
—Delano Massey, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025
But neither of the two recent crashes — in which a plane rolled over upon landing in Toronto and the American Airlines flight that collided with a US Army helicopter — involved Boeing aircraft.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collide. Accessed 3 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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