Supercollision

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A very powerful or large-scale collision.

    "Is it possible that the majority of asteroids were born is ^([sic]) this very supercollision that created the moon?"

  2. 2
    The kind of high-energy collision that occurs in a supercollider.
  3. 3
    The simultaneous collision of three or more particles.

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"Is it possible that the majority of asteroids were born is ^([sic]) this very supercollision that created the moon?"

Etymology

From super- + collision.

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