collide

• Verbo usado para indicar o ato de bater ou chocar-se com algo ou alguém com força, geralmente em movimento; também pode indicar oposição ou conflito direto entre ideias, interesses ou grupos.

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.

   Colidir

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

   Sinônimosbumpclashcrashimpactramslamsmashstrike

   Antônimosavoiddodgemiss

2. Be incompatible or come into conflictB2formal

   To be in opposition or disagreement; to clash.

   Entrar em conflito

   • 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.

   Sinônimosclashconflictdifferdisagree

   Antônimosagreecoincideharmonize

3. Cause to collideB2formal

   To deliberately make two objects or people hit each other.

   Fazer colidir

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

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