collide

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de heurter ou de se heurter à quelque chose ou à quelqu'un avec force, que ce soit un choc physique ou une rencontre conflictuelle.

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.

   entrer en collision

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

   Synonymesbumpclashcrashimpactramslamsmashstrike

   Antonymesavoiddodgemiss

2. Be incompatible or come into conflictB2formal

   To be in opposition or disagreement; to clash.

   Entrer en conflit

   • 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.

   Synonymesclashconflictdifferdisagree

   Antonymesagreecoincideharmonize

3. Cause to collideB2formal

   To deliberately make two objects or people hit each other.

   faire entrer en collision

   • 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