Underride
//ˌʌndəˈraɪd// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vehicle accident in which one vehicle partially slides underneath another.
Verb
- 1 The action of a vehicle sliding under another in the context of an accident.
"Also needed, they said, is better design to prevent fuel-tank rupture and to prevent low vehicles from underriding trucks and buses."
Example
More examples"Also needed, they said, is better design to prevent fuel-tank rupture and to prevent low vehicles from underriding trucks and buses."
Etymology
From under- + ride.
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