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COLLIDE WITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collide with mean? 

COLLIDE WITH (verb)
  The verb COLLIDE WITH has 1 sense:

1. hit against; come into sudden contact withplay

  Familiarity information: COLLIDE WITH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLLIDE WITH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hit against; come into sudden contact with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike

Context example:

He struck the table with his elbow

Hypernyms (to "collide with" is one way to...):

touch (make physical contact with, come in contact with)

Verb group:

strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "collide with"):

stub (strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object)

ping (hit with a pinging noise)

bang; spang (leap, jerk, bang)

rear-end (collide with the rear end of)

broadside (collide with the broad side of)

connect (land on or hit solidly)

spat (strike with a sound like that of falling rain)

thud (strike with a dull sound)

bottom (strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom)

bottom out (hit the ground)

bump; knock (knock against with force or violence)

bump into; butt against; jar against; knock against; run into (collide violently with an obstacle)

clash; collide (crash together with violent impact)

glance (hit at an angle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot collide with Sue
The car collide withs the tree


 Context examples 


His rifle was between his knees, but if he let go the steering-oar in order to shoot, the boat would sweep around and collide with the schooner.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Although there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet, this will be a very close approach for an asteroid of this size.

(Asteroid to Fly Safely Past Earth on April 19, NASA)

Scientists think this emission arises when accelerated electrons and positrons collide with nearby starlight.

(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)

There, they collide with atoms of gas in the atmosphere, resulting in a brilliant display of colors in the sky.

(Powerful Auroras Found at Brown Dwarf, NASA)

During CRAND, cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere collide with neutral atoms, creating a splash that produces charged particles, including electrons, that become trapped by Earth's magnetic field.

(Six-decade-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite called a CubeSat, National Science Foundation)

When asteroids collide with meteoroids or other asteroids, pieces break off and some of them eventually make their way to Earth as meteorites.

(Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites, NASA)

During this process, other waves that compress along the direction they travel from outer space collide with Earth's magnetosphere and trigger the formation of EMIC waves.

(Scientists deepen understanding of magnetic fields that surround Earth, National Science Foundation)

They are created when high-energy particles enter a planet’s atmosphere near its magnetic poles and collide with atoms of gas.

(Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter’s Atmosphere, NASA)

Many open questions remain about how galaxies merge and what will happen when the Milky Way approaches Andromeda, the nearby galaxy that will collide with ours in about 4 billion years.

(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)

The wide rooms seemed too narrow for his rolling gait, and to himself he was in terror lest his broad shoulders should collide with the doorways or sweep the bric-a-brac from the low mantel.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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