col‧lide /kəˈlaɪd/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: collidere, from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + laedere 'to injure by hitting']
1. to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you ⇒
collision:
A car and a van collided on the motorway.collide with I ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence. Two trains collided head-on (=when they were moving directly towards each other).
REGISTERIn everyday English, people usually say
run into rather than
collide with:
Her car ran into the back of a truck.2. to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subject
collide with The President has again collided with Congress over his budget plans.3. if two very different ideas, ways of thinking etc collide, they come together and produce an interesting result:
Istanbul, where East and West collide. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
crash verb [intransitive and transitive] to hit another vehicle, a tree, the ground etc, with a lot of force, causing a lot of damage:
The plane crashed a kilometre from the runway. He was scared I’d crash his car. The car crashed into a tree.hit verb [transitive] to move into something quickly and with force:
He wasn’t paying attention, and almost hit another car. The car hit a lamppost.collide verb [intransitive] if two cars, trains, planes etc collide, they hit each other, especially when they are moving in opposite directions:
The two planes collided in mid-air. An express train collided with a freight train in the morning rush hour.run into something phrasal verb [transitive] to hit a vehicle or object that is directly in front of you, especially because you are not paying attention:
He ran into the car in front while he was talking on his mobile phone.smash into something phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something, causing a great amount of damage:
An army helicopter smashed into the side of the mountain.plough into British English,
plow into American English phrasal verb [transitive] to crash into something with a lot of force, especially when your vehicle continues moving afterwards:
The bus went out of control and ploughed into a line of traffic.ram verb [transitive] to deliberately hit another boat or vehicle very hard, especially when it is not moving:
The ship had been rammed by a submarine. The gunmen tried to ram the police car.a car/train/plane etc crash He was badly hurt in a car crash.a road/rail/air crash There will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.a head-on crash (=in which the front part of two vehicles hit each other) He died in a head-on crash with a lorry.a fatal crash (=in which someone is killed) There have been several fatal crashes on this road.a high-speed crash the risk of injury from a high-speed crasha horrific/terrible/appalling crash a horrific crash in which three teenage boys were killedhave a crash (
also be involved in a crash)
(=in a car) I’ve been nervous about driving since I had a crash last year.a crash happens/occurs The three-vehicle crash happened on the corner of Ongar Road.a crash involves something Two women were taken to hospital after a crash involving a bus and a car.a crash victim (=someone injured or killed in a crash) Families of the crash victims want to know what happened.a crash site/scene (=place where a crash happens) The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.a crash investigator (=someone who tries to find the cause of a crash) Crash investigators spent several days examining the scene. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲