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col·lide with

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide withverb

    hit against; come into sudden contact with

    "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

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  1. collide with

    To collide with something refers to a violent, destructive or abrupt encounter wherein two or more bodies hit or strike against each other. It can also mean engaging into direct conflict or disagreement with someone or face an unwelcome situation or obstacle. The term "collide with" can be used in both physical context such as in a car accident, and in a metaphorical context such as conflicting ideas or interests.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of collide with in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of collide with in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of collide with in a Sentence

  1. Alain Lecavelier des Etangs:

    We can not assure that the observed comets are likely to deliver material like water to planets orbiting Beta Pictoris, but our observations show that collisions are very common and therefore suggests that temperate planets can be enriched in material trapped in frozen ices captured by the comets when( the comets) are far from the star and later collide with the planets.

  2. Sean Marshall:

    Should this asteroid come closer than the geostationary satellites, it would be a rare occurrence -- that only happens about once per decade for large asteroids, what we know for sure is that it will not collide with Earth this month, so do not panic.

  3. Amir Siraj:

    Presumably, it was produced by another star, got kicked out of that star's planetary system and just so happened to make its way to our solar system and collide with Earth.

  4. H. L. Mencken:

    I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the point where free speech begins to collide with the right to privacy. I don't think there are any other conditions to free speech. I've got a right to say and believe anything I please, but I haven't got a right to press it on anybody else. ....Nobody's got a right to be a nuisance to his neighbors.

  5. Joe Biden:

    Some states of( the) alliance have intimidated themselves, saying that they can't answer. That they can not collide with Russian missiles and planes in the Ukrainian sky. Because this, they say, will lead to escalation, will lead to the third world war. ... And what will they say if Russia goes further to Europe, attacking other countries ? I am sure the same thing they say to Ukraine, article 5 of the NATO treaty has never been as weak as it is now. This is just our opinion.

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