collided; colliding
1
: to come together with solid or direct impact
The car collided with a tree.
Two helicopters collided.
2
: clash
colliding cultures
Science and religion collided in the court.
Examples of collide in a Sentence
Two football players collided on the field.
the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
The charge is tied to an incident at Orchard Circle and Allen Road in which a black SUV collided with a Kubota lawn tractor driven by Allan Eighmy, 87, of Oconomowoc shortly before 1 p.m. July 14.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Astronomers speculate that some of the disk might be the remains of a pair of Pluto-sized dwarf planets that collided sometime in the last million years.
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Each generation searches for purpose and meaning as their worlds collide in unexpected ways.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 July 2025
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“Collide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collide. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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collide
verb
col·lide
kə-ˈlīd 
collided; colliding
1
: to come together with solid impact
the football players collided
2
: clash entry 1 sense 2a
their different outlooks collided
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