COLLIDING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

colliding

verb

present participle of collide

as in clashing

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 bumping

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 colliding Extreme nuclear matter RHIC operated at BNL from 2000 to 2026 and was designed to investigate exotic forms of nuclear matter by colliding heavy atomic nuclei, like gold, at nearly the speed of light. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 What began as a fringe biohacking trend is now colliding with nightlife, and the shift is starting to reshape how people plan a night out. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 Investigators determined Sabini sustained a fatal injury when, for unknown reasons, his bicycle veered into the traffic lane, colliding with a motor vehicle traveling in the same direction. — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 The area around airports is also off limits for drones, due to the danger of colliding with aircraft with people onboard. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 Other key challenges that face Starmind include how to cool the AI chips onboard when space has no air, and preventing the huge constellation from creating orbital congestion and colliding with other satellites. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 Still, diesel's record-setting rise colliding with the fall harvest season means that costs will balloon for producers of crops like corn and wheat, according to Jacob Aiken-Phillips, head of consumer and retail research at Melius Research. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 And just a few hours before F1’s first practice session of the weekend on Friday afternoon, a Formula 2 car went up in flames after colliding with the barriers. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 On the surface, impact craters from colliding space rocks have scarred the planet in a similar fashion as Earth's moon. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

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Overton inherits an agency that has fired more than 3,000 staff in the past year, whose last commissioner resigned after clashing with the White House.

— Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
The incident came as agitators against immigration adopt a confrontational new tactic of trying to stop the boats landing on England’s shores, clashing with police and rescue workers in the process.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of clashing

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Simply bumping the protein number on a label doesn’t produce those outcomes on its own.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
This clamshell pack from Mystery Ranch has durable materials, solid stitching, and reinforced seams that help keep out dust from bumping around in a Land Cruiser.

— Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bumping

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New physics may only manifest at high-energy levels, the sort of energies that the LHC generates by slamming together protons at near light speed.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Suddenly, a 2004 Ford Expedition barreled into the intersection from the wrong direction at a high rate of speed, slamming into the middle of the bus.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of slamming

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Officers were responding to a house sitter who discovered the damage while checking on loud banging in the home’s rear, police said.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
In 2015, Ben Hiscox died after falling backwards and banging his head on the clubhouse wall during an amateur game at Stoke Gifford, near Bristol.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of banging

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One panel was falling, then smashing on the path, lead relinquishing its long grip on the glass.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
The helicopter crashed in a driveway between two warehouses, smashing into a pair of truck cargo containers while the news crew tried grabbing video footage of a serious collision involving a Metro bus that also left two people dead.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of smashing

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Rain and strong winds had already started to pummel the coast, with waves crashing onto the normally pristine beaches.

— MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Later, this same organic material hitched a ride on crashing meteorites to seed a young, barren Earth.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of crashing

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The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States was critically injured Tuesday in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank, according to officials.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026
The ramming attack occurred just days after a shooting in the West Bank on the eve of the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026