The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.
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Head-on
Synonyms for "head-on" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- фронтален adj (from the front)
- челен adj (from the front)
Finnish
3 entries- nokka- (see nokkakolari) adj (from the front)
- suorasukainen adj (direct, abrupt)
- suoraviivainen adj (direct, abrupt)
French
1 entries- frontal adj (from the front)
Galician
1 entries- frontal adj (from the front)
German
1 entries- frontal adj (from the front)
Hungarian
1 entries- frontális adj (from the front)
Italian
3 entries- di petto adj (direct, abrupt)
- di petto adj (from the front)
- frontale adj (from the front)
Portuguese
1 entries- frontal adj (from the front)
Russian
2 entries- лобово́й adj (from the front)
- прямолине́йный adj (direct, abrupt)
Spanish
1 entries- frontal adj (from the front)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The two cars almost met head-on on the way.
Source: tatoeba (280952)
The taxi collided head-on with a dump truck and was badly crushed.
Source: tatoeba (327151)
Two trains collided head-on in Italy, killing 22 passengers.
Source: tatoeba (5269358)
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