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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Zoom in: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is dealing with three GOP factions that are colliding over the Trump budget bill.
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Hans Nichols, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The airport has faced scrutiny after an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided on Jan. 29, killing 67 people.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Saturday's incident comes just two months after an American Airlines plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter above the Potomac River in a deadly crash that killed 67 people.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
The supermassive black hole could have gained such a partner, the team explained, during one of the occasions that the Milky Way previously collided with, captured and incorporated a dwarf galaxy.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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Hans Nichols, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The airport has faced scrutiny after an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided on Jan. 29, killing 67 people.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Saturday's incident comes just two months after an American Airlines plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter above the Potomac River in a deadly crash that killed 67 people.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
The supermassive black hole could have gained such a partner, the team explained, during one of the occasions that the Milky Way previously collided with, captured and incorporated a dwarf galaxy.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collide. Accessed 6 Apr. 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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