collision course
noun
: a course (as of moving bodies or antithetical philosophies) that will result in collision or conflict if continued unaltered
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Millions of Floridians have been ordered or urged to flee as Milton, described by many as a catastrophic life-threatening storm continues on its collision course with Florida.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
While its exact track and strength could change, Helene will track north over the extremely warm waters into the Gulf of Mexico which will likely supercharge it on its collision course with the US Gulf Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Getting off a collision course on the nuclear file is both urgent and essential.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
In setting his characters on a furious collision course, Baker seems bent on pushing realism, humanism, comedy, and action well past the point of formal compatibility.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
While its exact track and strength could change, Helene will track north over the extremely warm waters into the Gulf of Mexico which will likely supercharge it on its collision course with the US Gulf Coast.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
Getting off a collision course on the nuclear file is both urgent and essential.
—Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020
In setting his characters on a furious collision course, Baker seems bent on pushing realism, humanism, comedy, and action well past the point of formal compatibility.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Collision course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collision%20course. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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