Colliding

Synonyms for "colliding" (56 found)

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Closest matches (12)

acrid antagonistic antipathetic belligerent bitter caustic

Noun(6 words)

clash clashing coincide collision collisional concur

Strong matches (16)

Noun(10 words)

conflict conflicting contradict convergent converging crash crashing discordant frictiongalactic collision

despiteful differing disaccordant disagreeing disharmonious dissident

Related words (28)

harsh hateful hostile impact incongruous inharmonious malevolent malicious malignantoff colorquarrelsome rancorous repugnant sore spiteful venomous virulent vitriolic

Noun(9 words)

hit incompatible jar oppose overlapplanetary collisionram ramming smash

Verb(1 words)

impinging

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More general

18 entries

astronomical eventcelestial phenomenonconceptual conflictconflict contactcultural dynamicseventgeologic processintellectual disagreementinteract interactionmechanical eventphenomenonphysical interactionplate tectonicssocial interaction

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

24 entries

academic disputeclash crashcultural clashdiffer disagreeelastic collisiongalactic collisionideological collisioninelastic collisionnorm conflictorogenyplanetary collisionplate convergencepolicy collisionpolicy contradiction

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Collocations

12 entries

colliding beamscolliding bodiescolliding culturescolliding forcescolliding galaxiescolliding ideascolliding objectscolliding particlescolliding platescolliding theoriescolliding trajectoriescollision course

Inflections

3 entries

collided collides collidings

Derivations

4 entries

collidable collide collider collision

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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New Zealand is known as "The Shaky Isles" because of its location on the margin of two colliding tectonic plates.

Source: tatoeba (4641596)

Presented in the style of vintage horror movie advertisements, the new posters feature a dead galaxy, an explosive gamma ray burst caused by colliding stellar corpses, and ever-elusive dark matter.

Source: tatoeba (9226904)

The two narrow energy beams seen in the gamma ray burst poster reflect how they occur in real life, travelling in opposite directions from the colliding stellar corpses.

Source: tatoeba (9226916)

Remove the camera now! I almost broke my hand colliding with it.

Source: tatoeba (10355275)

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