collide

• Verbo que indica el acto de chocar o impactar con alguien o algo con fuerza, ya sea de forma física o figurada.

A verb used to indicate the act of hitting or crashing into something or someone with force.

1. Crash together with violent impactB1formal

   To hit something or someone with great force while moving.

   Chocar con violencia

   • The two cars collided at the intersection.
   • A cyclist collided with a pedestrian on the sidewalk.
   • The ships collided in the dense fog.

   Sinónimosbumpclashcrashimpactramslamsmashstrike

   Antónimosavoiddodgemiss

2. Be incompatible or come into conflictB2formal

   To be in opposition or disagreement; to clash.

   entrar en conflicto

   • Their political views often collide during debates.
   • The company's goals collided with environmental regulations.
   • Our schedules collide, so we can't meet this week.

   Sinónimosclashconflictdifferdisagree

   Antónimosagreecoincideharmonize

3. Cause to collideB2formal

   To deliberately make two objects or people hit each other.

   Hacer chocar

   • The scientist collided the particles in the accelerator.
   • He collided the two toy cars together for fun.
   • The experiment collided atoms at high speed.

Variantes phrasalcollide with