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Clashing

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    conflicting, contrasting, or contrary; inconsonant, incompatible, or irreconcilable
  2. 2
    mismatched, inharmonious, discordant or dissonant, not fitting well together (especially in regards to aesthetics, colors, clothing, or sounds)
  3. 3
    adverse or antagonistic; disagreeing or opposing
  4. 4
    Producing a clash or series of clashes.

    "From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs."

Adjective
  1. 1
    sharply and harshly discordant wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A clash; the sound or action of clashing; violent collision.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of clash form-of, gerund, participle, present

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