The meaning of COLLIDE is to come together with solid or direct impact. How to use collide in a sentence.

On the road: accidents involving vehicles (Definition of colliding from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

COLLIDE definition: to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash. See examples of collide used in a sentence.

Define colliding. colliding synonyms, colliding pronunciation, colliding translation, English dictionary definition of colliding. intr.v. col·lid·ed , col·lid·ing , col·lides 1. To come together with violent, direct …

If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them. Two trains collided head-on …

Definition of collide verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The verb collide has roots in the Latin word collidere, which comes from col- or “together” and laedere, “to strike or damage," like planes that collide in midair. Collide can also describe ideas that clash, …

Deflection happens when an object hits a plane surface. If the kinetic energy after impact is the same as before impact, it is an elastic collision. If kinetic energy is lost, it is an inelastic collision. The diagram …

col•lide (kə līd′), v., -lid•ed, -lid•ing. v.i. to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash. to clash; …

Two football players collided with each other on the field. The car collided with a truck/tree. Two worlds collide in a new novel about an American family living in Japan. The candidate's opinions sometimes …