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as in clashed
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
the candidate had a reputation as a maverick whose positions often collided with the party platform
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as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something
fortunately, I wasn't hurt when my bike collided with that fence
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Recent Examples of collided
Three people were killed and four others injured when two cars collided west of Victorville Saturday night, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District.
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Audio from the incident captures the moment the plane and person collided.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Next up was Marcelo Mayer, who should have grounded into a routine double play but beat the throw to first after Rafaela and Williamson collided on the tag.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
When the bus attempted to turn left, the vehicles collided.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
According to Dwyer’s process, when one electron in the avalanche collided with an atom, the electron could ricochet and emit a gamma ray.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Two of our planet's most serious environmental issues ‒ microplastics and global warming ‒ have collided in a new scientific study released May 4.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On April 12, Richard Andrew Hawthorne left the roadway on his motorcycle and collided with a utility box in Kansas City, Kansas.
—Eleanor Nash
may 3, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
The state agency said the woman, from Toledo, Ohio, was driving the wrong way on the interstate when her vehicle collided with another, which was occupied by a driver and two passengers.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Audio from the incident captures the moment the plane and person collided.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Next up was Marcelo Mayer, who should have grounded into a routine double play but beat the throw to first after Rafaela and Williamson collided on the tag.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
When the bus attempted to turn left, the vehicles collided.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
According to Dwyer’s process, when one electron in the avalanche collided with an atom, the electron could ricochet and emit a gamma ray.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026
Two of our planet's most serious environmental issues ‒ microplastics and global warming ‒ have collided in a new scientific study released May 4.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 May 2026
On April 12, Richard Andrew Hawthorne left the roadway on his motorcycle and collided with a utility box in Kansas City, Kansas.
—Eleanor Nash
may 3, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2026
The state agency said the woman, from Toledo, Ohio, was driving the wrong way on the interstate when her vehicle collided with another, which was occupied by a driver and two passengers.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collided
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The conservative Legislature in Nashville has clashed repeatedly with Memphis and accused its leaders of broad mismanagement.—
Matt Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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The conservative legislature in Nashville has clashed repeatedly with Memphis and accused its leaders of broad mismanagement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Only 15 games into his season due to a hamstring injury that bumped back his debut, Stowers provides adequate defense while excelling as a hitter.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
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At a sentencing hearing Friday for the man convicted of killing Shearer, the victim’s family said the young man bled out in the front lawn of that Rancho Cordova home over a dispute after someone bumped someone else in a crowded room at that party.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
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But both Andy and the film were conflicted.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Both Pirro and Blanche were inside the ballroom during the incident, which federal public defenders used as partial justification to say they are conflicted in the case.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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In 2022, similar detection work resulted in NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which slammed the DART spacecraft into the small asteroid Dimorphos orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos, changing the orbits of both child and parent around the sun.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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The president also slammed Schumer and his allies in the lengthy post.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Plant life may manifest at your table scorched, deep-fried, pickled, smoked, stuffed, smashed or otherwise pushed to extremes.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Windows were smashed and an ATM was stolen at an overnight break-in at the Beetle Bar and Grill in Chicago's Ukrainian Village neighborhood.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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Like Soldier Boy at times, the Legend is a character who mainly exists as an excuse for the writers to include copious references to old starlets these men have banged.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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Towns took a hard fall and banged his head and back on the floor, then got up and kept moving.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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The officer who rammed Martinez’s car and shot her multiple times — and bragged about it in his text messages — was allowed to leave the state and repair the car involved in the incident.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Investigators say six suspects got into a getaway car and repeatedly rammed a police vehicle while trying to escape.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Hundreds of passengers’ plans were derailed on Wednesday when a train crashed into a tanker truck on Colorado’s Western Slope, damaging the tracks — but not just those on board were affected.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
7 May 2026
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Dominguez hustled back to the wall and made a spectacular catch, but crashed incredibly hard into the wall.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Collided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collided. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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